# Virgin and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BIJLERT, Jan van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 113 x 92 cm ## Commentary Virgin and Child c. 1635 Oil on canvas, 113 x 92 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig The refined manner of painting, the pale flesh tones and the powerful colour contrasts make the work a paradigm of classicist painting. It is therefore not surprising that it was attributed to the French artist Simon Vouet from the early 1700s until well into the 20th century. Van Bijlert had lived in Rome from 1621 to 1624, and would certainly have met the celebrated Simon Vouet there. The composition and colours of Van Bijlert's Virgin and Child seem to be strongly influenced by Vouet. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 6 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/schubert/schubert\_liszt\_ave\_maria.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Franz Schubert: Ave Maria \(Hail, Mary\), Franz Liszt's transcription</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [A Woman Holding Pancakes]() - [Allegory of the Sense of Smell]() - [Bagpipe Player]() - [Girl Teasing a Cat]() - [Music-making Company]() - [Musical Company]() - [Portrait of an Unknown Man]() - [Shepherd Holding a Flute]() - [Shepherdess]() - [The Concert]() - [Ulysses and Circe]() - [Venus and Amor and an Old Woman]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()