# Virgin and Child with Four Angels [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DAVID, Gerard]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on wood, 63 x 39 cm ## Commentary Virgin and Child with Four Angels c. 1505 Oil on wood, 63 x 39 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The influence of Italian Renaissance art can be seen more clearly in the works of Gerard David than in those of Hans Memling, though both artists worked in Bruges for Italian patrons. Painted about 1505, this exceptionally well-preserved panel was probably commissioned by someone associated with the Carthusian monastery of Genadendal, outside the walls of Bruges and seen here in the background. The composition is based on <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/e/eyck\_van/jan/02page/29founta.html'\)" href="/html/e/eyck\_van/jan/02page/29founta.html">Jan van Eyck's Virgin and Child at the Fountain</a> of 1439 \(Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp\). Gerard David added a different setting with musical angels and turned the Child's head toward the viewer. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Breviary of Isabella of Castile]() - [Canon Bernardinus de Salviatis with Three Saints]() - [Christ Nailed to the Cross]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Forest scenes]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()