Madonna of the Cherries
Artist
Quinten Metsys
(Netherlandish, 1466 - 1530)
Date1520s
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsImage: 29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (74.9 x 62.9 cm)
Frame: 41 1/8 × 36 5/16 in. (104.5 × 92.2 cm)
Frame: 41 1/8 × 36 5/16 in. (104.5 × 92.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN200
Matsys was the first major painter of the city of Antwerp, and he remained a favorite of collectors and succeeding generations of Antwerp painters. Thought by some scholars to be a copy of one of Matsys' final compositions, the Ringling panel was likely produced in the master's workshop, perhaps under the hand of Matsys himself. This picture makes clear the predominant qualities of Matsys' latest period, including the glossy skin tones revealing an almost oily surface. The physical intimacy and fullness of the forms of the Madonna and Child represent a new Flemish adoption of Italianate forms and gestures.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Wall South
possibly 16th Century
circa 1610-1620
