# Virgin and Child

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEMESSEN, Jan Sanders van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 150 x 116,5 cm

## Commentary

The Virgin and Child by Jan van Hemessen, a composition clearly inspired by Raphael, indicates the classical direction in which the Antwerp Romanists wished to move.

## Related artworks

- [Allegorical Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/allegorical-scene-rced613473e6f5b>)
- [Christ Carrying the Cross \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/christ-carrying-the-cross-detail-r78eeae71284483>)
- [Christ Carrying the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/christ-carrying-the-cross-raa992c85f74aec>)
- [Christ Mocked \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/christ-mocked-detail-r574848d829f751>)
- [Isaac Blessing Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/isaac-blessing-jacob-r72662b02da0f78>)
- [Judith](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/judith-rb0f52752152a14>)
- [Merry Company](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/merry-company-r8c3ab32bc197b6>)
- [Portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/portrait-of-a-man-r72f3a33e2e70b8>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r4bbbef1da8b0b7>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r59923dd7f4638e>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r663d75b66c69e4>)
- [The Descent from the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/the-descent-from-the-cross-rd23d1485844d0d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)