# Madonna of the Cherries \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASSYS, Quentin]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel ## Commentary The emotional connection between the Virgin and Child is stronger here than in any other composition by Massys. The motif of her kissing the Child ultimately derives from 12th century icons, but probably comes to Massys through the intermediaries of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bouts/dirk\_e/2/virgin\_c.html'\)" href="/html/b/bouts/dirk\_e/2/virgin\_c.html">Dirck Bouts</a> and <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/david/1/mary\_chi.html'\)" href="/html/d/david/1/mary\_chi.html">Gerard David.</a> Massys' version, however, is more restrained, his Virgin a more stoic figure, who holds herself back, perhaps envisaging what was to come. ## Related artworks - [Christ on the Cross with Donors \(detail\)]() - [Christ on the Cross with Donors]() - [Ecce Homo \(detail\)]() - [Ecce Homo \(detail\)]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Entombment]() - [John the Baptist and St Agnes]() - [Madonna of the Cherries]() - [Man with Glasses \(detail\)]() - [Man with Glasses]() - [Old Man in Profile]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()