Virgin and Child  1487

Artist:Follower of Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges) [br]Date:Early sixteenth century The infant Christ, resting in his mother’s arms, delicately raises a blossom in his left hand. Mary, dressed in a gem-edged blue robe with a red mantle, gazes serenely down at her son. The pair, framed by a fictive stone archway, are positioned...