File:German - Virgin and Child in a Landscape - Walters 37383.jpg
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anonymous: Virgin and Child in a Landscape
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| Artist |
Anonymous (German artist)
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| Title |
Virgin and Child in a Landscape |
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| Description |
English: Like Van Dyck's "Virgin and Child" (Walters 37.234), this idyll of Mary steadying the infant Jesus is centered on the naked child. Representing Christ explicitly as a boy (not sexless) underlined his miraculously dual nature, fully human and fully god. While depicting the adult Christ naked would cause scandal, a naked baby is natural.
A watercolor by the German master Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was the source for the composition, but the style is from around 1600. The drawing was then owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague who commissioned copies from court artists. Painting on copper creates an enamel-like surface that satisfied collector's taste for refinement. |
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| Date | circa 1600 (Baroque) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on copper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 26.7 cm (10.5 in); width: 19.9 cm (7.8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
37.383 |
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| Place of creation | Prague, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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Licensing
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