# Virgin and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera and gold on wood, 62 x 44 cm ## Commentary Virgin and Child c. 1500 Tempera and gold on wood, 62 x 44 cm Christian Museum, Esztergom The mild-faced, reddish-blond Virgin turns toward her peacefully sleeping Child in quiet adoration. A landscape punctuated by northern-style, Gothic buildings stretches behind the baldachin. The city gate is decorated with the fresco of the Annunciation and two peacocks sit on it, symbolizing eternal life. Tiny figurines enliven the background: a rider accompanied by his dog, a woman who enters the gate carrying baskets, and a wanderer walking in the fields. This panel by an unknown painter shows stylistic elements characteristic for Lombard, Venetian and Netherlandish art. He is considered as a follower of Vincenzo Foppa. ## Related artworks - [A Bishop Saint]() - [A Curious Scene]() - [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel]() - [Adoration of St Mark]() - [Allegorical Portrait of Dante]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)]() - [Altarpiece of St Clare]() - [Altarpiece of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()