The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (van Steffeswert)

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Artist Jan van Steffeswert
Year 1511
Medium Juglans regia (walnut)
Subject The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Dimensions 44.2 cm (17.4 in)
Location Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (Dutch: Sint Anna te Drieën) is a sculpture by Jan van Steffeswert (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 rather than a church. [1]

Van Steffesweert was one of the first woodcarvers the Meuse region to sign his work.[2] This sculpture is simply signed 'IAN'.

Further reading

  • Poel, Peter te; Steffeswert, Jan van; Bonnefantenmuseum (1997). Jan van Steffeswert: St. Anna-te-Drieën. Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 978-90-400-9949-6.

References

  1. ↑ Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B. (2007). Verborgen vrouwen: kluizenaressen in de middeleeuwse stad. Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 978-90-6550-996-3.
  2. ↑ "– Jan van Steffenswert : hustinxstichting". www.hustinxstichting.nl. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

Coordinates: 50°50′34″N 5°42′09″E / 50.8428°N 5.7025°E / 50.8428; 5.7025

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.