# Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Engraving, 120 x 85 mm ## Commentary The Virgin gazes into the eyes of her son as she tilts his head toward her own. Seated in her arms, he holds an apple in his right hand behind his back. A tree nearby bears a plaque, tied with a ribbon to a branch, that is inscribed with the artist's monogram and the date. In this engraving the artist melded Italian and Northern sources. Gossart's image is a variation of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/durer/2/13/4/070.html'\)" href="/html/d/durer/2/13/4/070.html">Dürer's engraving</a> of the same theme. Gossart also used Italian sculpture as a source which he would have seen in Florence: Michelangelo's relief <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/1/1stairs.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/1/1stairs.html">Madonna of the Stairs,</a> and Donatello's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/donatell/1\_early/various/pazzi.html'\)" href="/html/d/donatell/1\_early/various/pazzi.html">Pazzi Madonna.</a> ## 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]()