Virgin of the Rose Garden

Date1475/1480

Object PlaceBrussels, Brabant, Western Europe, Europe

MediumOil on oak panel

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions23 5/8 × 31 1/8 inches (60.01 × 79.06 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

Object number26.387

DescriptionIn the center, the Madonna, seated in a rose garden, holding the Christ Child. St. Catherine, seated to the left of the Madonna, receives a ring from the Christ Child. St. Barbara, wearing a gown with miniature towers, small "b"'s and an "a" embroidered at the neckline, is seated to the Virgin's left. In the foreground to the right, St. Cecelia, holding a bridal coronet, with her name inscribed on the border of her bodice and to the left, St. Ursula, wearing an ornate costume and high jewel-studded cap with arrows at her feet. Hedge of roses behind the figures and a trellis of grape vines provide a window-like opening for a view of the city of Bruges. Two angels hover at the top of the composition.

On View

On view

Locations

Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 3

ProvenanceBrussels, Collection Weber, 1919; Brussels, Collection Van der Hoop, 1923; Amsterdam, auction (F. Muller) 13 July 1926, lot; Amsterdam, Galerie D. A. Hoogendijk (1926);