Virgin and Child  1520

by Jan Gossaert

The first Netherlandish painter known to have studied classical sculpture in Rome, Jan Gossart achieved a sophisticated fusion of Renaissance vocabulary and traditional Netherlandish style and form. In this painting, the Virgin Mary’s classicizing draperies and the child’s athletic figure show Gossart’s command of the new Renaissance style. Mary presents the Christ Child s...
Size: 
21 × 15 7/8 in. (53.4 × 40.2 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago