Antwerp School, 16th Century

This small painting is in very nice condition. The picture is painted on a single panel which is flat, stable and uncradled. The picture has retained most of it's coloration and fine detailing. UV light reveals a few scattered retouches isolated to the Child's forehead as well as the Madonna's face. These have been applied well and the painting could be hung in its current state.
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This composition faithfully follows a popular design by Joos van Cleve which, given its small size, must have been originally intended for private devotion. The tender figural grouping ultimately derives from a Virgin and Child by Robert Campin (Frankfurt, Städel Museum).¹

1. M.J. Friedlander, Early Netherlandish Paintings, vol. II, Rogier van der Weyden and the Master of Flemalle, New York 1967 ed., p. 71, cat. no. 60, plate 89.