Oil on panel

Approved by Dr. Till-Holger Borchert (Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum), 2025 BRAFA vetting and written confirmation.

A technical report by prof. dr. Maximiliaan Martens (GICAS) is also available.

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This elegant and tender depiction of the Virgin and Child is part of a celebrated series of compositions derived from a now-lost prototype by Jan Gossaert. As art historian Maryan Ainsworth has noted, no fewer than 73 known variants of this theme exist, often adapted by artists like Pauwel Coecke van Aelst for devotional use across the Low Countries and Spain.

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