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The Virgin and Child |
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Workshop of Dirck Bouts Netherlandish, c. 1420-1475 The Virgin and Child, c. 1460 Oil on wood, 30.5 x 21.6 cm Fogg Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus in memory of her husband, Jesse Isidor Straus, Class of 1893 1959.186 |
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| The Virgin and Child
most likely originally formed the left wing of a small
diptych which functioned as a private devotional image. The raised index
finger of the Christ Child, who is looking at the beholder, would have
pointed to the portrait of the donor on the right wing of the diptych. The
donor directed his or her prayers to the Christ Child through the mediating
Virgin, creating an intricate pattern of communication and veneration
between the three depicted figures and the beholder. Selected details follow. Download time may be about a minute. |
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