The Madonna and Child
follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Tournai c.1399 – Brussels 1464)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1400 - 1499
Materials
Oil on panel (oak)
Measurements
308 x 244 mm (12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446745
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel, The Madonna and Child, follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Tournai c.1399 – Brussels 1464). The Madonna, half length, wearing a blue robe and blue and white headdress, holds the naked Child against her right shoulder, in his left hand He holds an apple on his knee. The background is formed by a red curtain.
Provenance
Given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948), in 1948, shortly before his death
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
follower of Rogier van der Weyden (Tournai c.1399 – Brussels 1464), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Albert Bouts (Louvain c.1452 – Louvain 1549), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hugo van der Goes (c.1440 - 1482), artist
Exhibition history
New Light on Old Masters, Squash Court Gallery, 2013
