# Virgin and Child with St Anne

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/virgin-and-child-with-st-anne-rab28a8556ef654>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the St. Bartholomew Altar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Panel, 43 x 30 cm

## Commentary

The early works of this master in Cologne, such as the Virgin and Child with St Anne \(Anna Selbdritt\), are charming examples of tender devotional pictures with the youthful faces of Mary and her mother smiling at a joyous Child who playfully turns the pages of an illuminated manuscript.

## Related artworks

- [Crucifixion Altarpiece \(exterior of the wings\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/crucifixion-altarpiece-exterior-of-the-wings-r0575eec9e0dc4b>)
- [Crucifixion Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/crucifixion-altarpiece-r05fc994e815a61>)
- [St Agnes, St Bartholomew and St Cecilia \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/st-agnes-st-bartholomew-and-st-cecilia-detail-r6f64790a7be84b>)
- [St Agnes, St Bartholomew and St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/st-agnes-st-bartholomew-and-st-cecilia-re276b875874ffe>)
- [St Thomas Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/st-thomas-altarpiece-r8671bd031eb2d0>)
- [The Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/the-baptism-of-christ-r8a215560c1b85f>)
- [The Deposition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/the-deposition-raadb756ba0abba>)
- [The Descent from the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/the-descent-from-the-cross-rdb7c7297cb3a24>)
- [The Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/the-holy-family-r2e930dd6d6e50a>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-st-bartholomew-altar-r06de743519e342/virgin-and-child-r769ee2e9b34921>)

## Attribution

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