# Madonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of Hoogstraeten](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-hoogstraeten-rbc66b8c9952038>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 84 x 70 cm

## Commentary

Art historian have otherwise attributed the painting to Hugo van der Goes, and certainly elements of Van der Goes are readily discernible in the pointed, fluttering angels, the smooth, compact face of the Virgin, the fascinating landscape conceived as a theatrical wing, and the pose of the Madonna. The latter, besides having a typology typical of Van der Goes, sits on a throne pushed into the foreground with extraordinary dramatic effect.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-hoogstraeten-rbc66b8c9952038/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-re584260fbe2e11>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-hoogstraeten-rbc66b8c9952038/adoration-of-the-magi-re6e7d52f0eb85e>)

## Attribution

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