1531
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Virgin and Child in a Landscape is a 1531 unspecified by Jan Gossaert, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Mary in blue holding baby Jesus on a hilltop. Pink cherubs float around them. The sky is soft pink and gold. Gossaert added a Latin phrase on the frame: "Mother, may your contemplation be our reconciliation." He mixed Italian styles with northern detail. The drapery folds feel almost real. You’ll find this in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Among the first northern European artists to study in Rome, Gossaert returned north to serve in various German and Flemish courts, incorporating Italian Renaissance ideas. Gossaert also painted the frame, including the Latin inscription: "Mother, may your contemplation be our reconciliation." The patron is likely Mencía de Mendoza, a Spanish noblewoman, one of the most important art collectors and intellectuals of the early 1500s.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jan Gossaert (c. 1478 – 1 October 1532) was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse (the name he adopted from his birthplace, Maubeuge) or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called…
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