# Virgin and Child

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-prodigal-son-r00baa0b6014056/virgin-and-child-r1db75f0eb93b11>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Prodigal Son](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-prodigal-son-r00baa0b6014056>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 77 x 53 cm

## Commentary

The plastic, sculptural bodies of the Virgin and particularly the Christ Child here are reminiscent of the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/c/coecke/triptych.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/c/coecke/triptych.html&#34;&gt;figure types of Coecke van Aelst,&lt;/a&gt; who in turn was looking back to the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/o/orley/holyfami.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/o/orley/holyfami.html&#34;&gt;work of Bernard van Orley.&lt;/a&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Parable of the Prodigal Son](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-prodigal-son-r00baa0b6014056/parable-of-the-prodigal-son-rfc7492cb3c9c63>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-prodigal-son-r00baa0b6014056/piet-r3fffaece79ca2d>)
- [Virgin and Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-prodigal-son-r00baa0b6014056/virgin-and-child-detail-r9a85784c0c6498>)

## Attribution

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