# Virgin and Child with Saints

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Burg Weiler Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-burg-weiler-altarpiece-ra5693b432e4862>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil and gold on fir panel, 174 x 153 cm

## Commentary

Virgin and Child with Saints c. 1470 Oil and gold on fir panel, 174 x 153 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the central panel of the altarpiece called Burg Weiler Altarpiece. The triptych was commissioned for the small chapel, adjacent to the castle of Burg Weiler, one of the seats of the Freiherren von und zu Weiler. The central panel of the three-part altarpiece shows the Virgin and Child standing on a crescent moon, flanked by saints, Apollonia and Barbara to the left and Catherine of Alexandria and Lawrence to the right.

## Related artworks

- [The Burg Weiler Altarpiece \(exterior\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-burg-weiler-altarpiece-ra5693b432e4862/the-burg-weiler-altarpiece-exterior-r7dc0786bb5eeaf>)
- [The Burg Weiler Altarpiece \(interior\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-burg-weiler-altarpiece-ra5693b432e4862/the-burg-weiler-altarpiece-interior-r27a55c473e3d5f>)

## Attribution

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