Virgin Mary
1557
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1557
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Virgin Mary is a 1557 unspecified by Unknown, a mannerism work, depicting saint anne, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a woman in a blue robe, her hands folded in prayer. She looks to the left, her face calm. The painting is half of a two-part work—its other half is missing. The artist used soft shadows to shape her face and hands, a method that makes her seem almost three-dimensional. No one knows who painted it, but the style feels like late 1500s Europe, where religious images were common in homes. To see more works like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
