The mannered pose of the Christ child, the facial types, and the linear emphasis of the drapery in the present group, all represent a familiarity with the work of the great limewood sculptor Veit Stoss (d.1533). Stoss, who had an extensive and successful career in Cracow before returning to his native Nuremberg in 1496, was noted for his virtuoso carving of wood. In particular, one may compare the present Virgin and Child with a similar group in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (Baxandall, op.cit., plate 39).