Year 1450s | Location Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | |
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Artist Unknown (The Master of 1456) Dimensions 95 cm × 62 cm (37 in × 24 in) Similar Madonna of humility, Madonna and Child, Ognissanti Madonna, Madonna of the Magnificat, Madonna del Prato | ||
The Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus is a 1450s painting by an unknown artist referred to as the “Master of 1456”. It is held by the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.
Hortus Conclusus is Latin for “enclosed garden”, a motif of biblical origin where the Virgin Mary herself is represented as a garden.
References
Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA