# Altarpiece with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VÁZQUEZ, Antonio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vzquez-antonio-raa4990b5099c2e>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on panel, 260 x 216 cm \(overall\)

## Commentary

Many of the scenes depicted here appear in others of Vázquez&#39;s works. The figure types are invariably solidly-modelled, impassive and easily identifiable. Evident here is Vázquez&#39;s predilection for receding Flemish landscape settings and the placement of figures in Renaissance-inspired, rather than Gothic, architectural constructions. The present altarpiece comes closest to that painted by Vázquez for the convent of Santa María la Real de las Huelgas, Valladolid, dating to 1538-40, which also depicts the Life of the Virgin, with sculpted figures in place of some of the panels. The altarpiece is in an elaborate carved and gilt wood frame.

## Related artworks

- [Altarpiece with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vzquez-antonio-raa4990b5099c2e/altarpiece-with-scenes-from-the-life-of-the-virgin-detail-rb7bb2054768dcf>)

## Attribution

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