Virgin and Child

religious

This work was copied from a lost Memling composition. The painting is actually much bigger than the original and is rounded off at the top. The landscape has disappeared, too, and the Virgin has an aureole round her head.

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About the Artist

Jan Provost

1465 – 1529

Jan Provo(o)st, Netherlandish painter. He was born at Mons and worked in Valenciennes and briefly in Antwerp before settling in Bruges in 1494. His style was fairly close to Gerard David, then the leading painter in Bruges, but Provost, although clumsier, was more inventive. In 1521 Provost met and entertained Dürer, who is reputed to have drawn his portrait.

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