The Virgin and Child in a hortus conclusus with an angel, with a landscape beyond

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CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE MAGDALENE LEGEND (BRUSSELS, ACTIVE CIRCA 1480-1537)
The Virgin and Child in a hortus conclusus with an angel, with a landscape beyond
oil on panel, shaped top
27 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. (69.3 x 51.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Galerie Fleishmann, Munich.
with Galerie Heinemann, Munich, by 1929 until 1933, where acquired by,
Alfredo Hirsch, Buenos Aires, and by descent in the family to,
Sara Saavedra de Hirsch; her deceased sale, [Property from the Estate of Sarah Saavedra de Hirsch], Christie’s, New York, 29 January 1998, lot 13, as 'Attributed to the Master of the Magdalene Legend', where acquired and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The composition of the Virgin and Child, seated and holding a flower, is based on a similar panel by Bernard van Orley, from his Seven Joys of Mary, now in the Galleria Colonna, Rome. The present composition shows the figural group in reverse, as does another panel of unknown authorship, now in the Worcester Art Museum, MA (inv. no. 1918,185).

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