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Virgin and Child under a Canopy
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About this work
Scholars continue to debate the identity of this artist and the original source of the painting. The small coat of arms and initials at the bottom have not yet been identified. The arms may refer to a family, a city, or a bishopric. The style seems to relate to Bruges painting of the early 1500s, however the slightly mannered treatment of the child may point to Antwerp.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVirgin and Child under a Canopy, 1520s. South Netherlands, 16th century. Oil on wood panel; framed: 77.5 x 53.5 x 7 cm (30 1/2 x 21 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 64.8 x 40 cm (25 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. King, Woods King, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer, 1946.282
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