Master of the Virgo inter Virgines: The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins
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Artist |
Master of the Virgo inter Virgines
(fl. circa 1480–1495) |
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Alternative names |
Virgo-meester |
Description |
Dutch painter and drawer |
Date of birth |
15th century date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Location of birth |
Delft |
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Work period |
between 1470 and 1505 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1505-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q945799 |
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Title |
The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgines label QS:Lfr,"La Vierge et l'Enfant avec Quatre Saintes Vierges"
label QS:Lnl,"Maria met Jezus en vier heilige maagden"
label QS:Len,"The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
Mary with the Christ Child surrounded by four holy virgins. Saint Catherine (bottom left) is wearing a chest brooch in the shape of a wheel and a sword. Saint Cecilia (top left) is holding a book and wears a necklace with an organ-shaped pendant. Saint Barbara (top right), in red, holds a flower and wears a miniature tower on her necklace. Saint Ursula (bottom right), with braided hair, wears a necklace with heart and arrow. They are sitting in a enclosed courtyard, possibly of a monastery. Outside the enclosure, on the left, two men, possibly Saints John and James, are standing. On the right two women, probably Saint Mary Magdelene and Margaret. |
Depicted people |
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Date |
Circa 1495-1500 |
Medium |
oil on oak wood |
Dimensions |
height: 123.1 cm (48.4 in); width: 101.1 cm (39.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,123.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,101.1U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Current location |
Room 0.1 |
Accession number |
SK-A-501 |
Place of creation |
Northern Netherlands |
Object history |
before 1572 date QS:P,+1572-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1572-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Klooster Koningsveld near Delft (?)
by 1731date QS:P,+1731-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1731-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Stadhouderlijk Hof, Leeuwarden, the cabinet, no. 20 (as ‘Een schilderije met verscheyde figuuren, dat men meent te zijn ’t huuwlijk van St. Cathrina’) (?)
by 1764date QS:P,+1764-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1764-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Stadhouderlijk Hof, Leeuwarden (as ‘Een schilderije met verscheyde figuuren, dat men meent te zijn ’t huuwlijk van St. Cathrina’) (?)
by 1801date QS:P,+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Nationale Kunst-Galerij, The Hague
1817: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam
1885: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Stadhouderskade 42, Amsterdam
from October 2004 until 2013date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2004-10-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
Vroege Hollanders. Schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 February 2008–25 May 2008, ISBN 90-6918-225-4, p. 278-280, cat. no. 50.
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References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins, circa 1495 date QS:P,+1495-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -circa 1500date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 123.1 cm (48.4 in); width: 101.1 cm (39.8 in)dimensions QS:P2048,123.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,101.1U174728 .
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 21033, as Maria met kind en de HH. Catharina, Cecilia, Barbara en Ursula, 1470-1505, height: 123 cm (48.4 in); width: 102 cm (40.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,123U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,102U174728
AnonymousUnknown author, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20186106, as Maria mit dem Kinde zwischen weiblichen Heiligen, 1467/1500, height: 123 cm (48.4 in); width: 102 cm (40.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,123U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,102U174728
Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume V. Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch, Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. , cat. 63.
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Source/Photographer |
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. |
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