# Virgin and Child Seated on a Bank [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Engraving, 145 x 103 mm ## Commentary Virgin and Child Seated on a Bank c. 1522 Engraving, 145 x 103 mm British Museum, London The motif of the Christ Child pulling up the Virgin's veil was a popular subject for the artist, he depicted it numerous times in painting. His model in the present version was Italian: <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/mantegna/12/4virgin2.html'\)" href="/html/m/mantegna/12/4virgin2.html">Mantegna's print</a> of the Virgin and Child. ## Related artworks - [A Grotesque with Two Sirens]() - [A Man Holding a Glove]() - [A Reliquary]() - [A Women's Bath]() - [Adam Accuses Eve before God]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()