Medium Juglans regia (walnut) Artist Jan van Steffeswert Year 1511 | Dimensions 44.2 cm (17.4 in) Created 1511 | |
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Subject The Virgin and Child with St. Anne Similar The Art Gallery of Jan Gilde, Avond (Evening): The Red, A Mayor of Delft and his Daug, Virgin and Child with Canon va, The Threatened Swan | ||
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The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Dutch: Sint Anna te drieën) is a sculpture by Jan van Steffe(n)swert (ca. 1470–1525), a woodcarver from who worked in Maastricht in the late 15th and early 16th century. Depictions of Christ Child with his mother and grandmother were popular in the late middle ages. The scene frequently shows Mary and Christ reading. In this scene however, the child is shown grasping a bowl of porridge. Due to the relatively small size and the emphasis on domesticity, it has been suggested that the sculpture had been commissioned for a home rtaher than a church.
Van Steffesweert was one of the first woodcarvers the Meuse region to sign his work. This sculpture is simply signed 'IAN'.
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The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (van Steffeswert) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA