The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, c. 1495 - c. 1500

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The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, c. 1495 - c. 1500

oil on panel, h 123.1cm × w 101.1cm Catalogue entry

This painting is an ode to chastity. The Virgin sits in an enclosed garden, a symbol of virginity, surrounded by four other virgins (‘virgo inter virgines’). From attributes on their necklaces, they are identifiable as Saint Catherine with a wheel and sword, Saint Cecilia with an organ, Saint Barbara with a tower and Saint Ursula with a heart and arrow.

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Identification

Title(s)

The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins
Maria met kind met de heiligen Catharina, Cecilia, Barbara en Ursula

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-501

Description

Maria met het Christuskind en de heiligen Catharina, Cecilia, Barbara en Ursula, zittend in een omheind hof (van een klooster?). Buiten het hof links twee mannen, waarschijnlijk Johannes en Jacobus. Rechts twee vrouwen, waarschijnlijk de heiligen Maria Magdalena en Margaretha.

Creation

Artist

painter: Master of the Virgo inter Virgines

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1495 - c. 1500

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

panel
oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 123.1 cm × width 101.1 cm

Subject

What

'Virgo inter Virgines'
the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel
the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies
the virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon(ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer, Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower
the virgin martyr Ursula of Cologne; possible attributes: arrow, banner with red cross, cloak of ermine, crown, ship
fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1801

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Norbertine Koningsveld Convent, Delft (demolished 1572);{Van Luttervelt 1952, pp. 59-62.} …; ? estate inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 1731, the cabinet, no. 20 (‘Een schilderije met verscheyde figuuren, dat men meent te zijn ’t huuwlijk van St. Cathrina’);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer II, 1974, p. 400, no. 342.} ? estate inventory, Frisian Stadholder’s Court, Leeuwarden, 1764 (same text as in the 1731 inventory);{Drossaers/Lunsingh Scheurleer III, 1976, p. 44, no. 330.} ...; first recorded in the museum in 1801 (‘Eenige heilige maagden spelende met het kind Jezus, door een ouden Meester’);{Coll. cat. 1801, p. 50, no. 106.} on loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004-10

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Fotoreproductie van een schilderij van de Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines, 'Maria met kind en de heiligen Catharina, Cecilia, Barbara en Ursula' (coll. Rijksmuseum)
Fotoreproductie van een schilderij van de Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines, 'Maria met kind en de heiligen Catharina, Cecilia, Barbara en Ursula' (coll. Rijksmuseum)

Documentation

1100-1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, p. 96-97, cat.nr. 29
Museum gids : Rijksmuseum, Erik Spaans, p. 52, afb.
1100 - 1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, p. 96-97, cat.nr. 29
Vroege Hollanders : schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen, Mario Damen, Jeroen Giltaij, Friso Lammertse, cat.nr. 50
Die Tafelgemälde des Meisters der Virgo inter Virgines : ein Beitrag zur Erforschung des Kunstgebietes der nördlichen Niederlande im 15. Jahrhundert, Claudia Unger, p. 163-167, cat.nr. 4.1.12
Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1400-1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Ger Luijten, Hendrik Willem van Os, Frits Scholten, cat.nr. 16
De Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines, Marc Rudolf de Vrij, p. 6-8, 30-31
Early Dutch painting : painting in the northern Netherlands in the fifteenth century, Christopher Brown, Albert Châtelet, Anthony Turner, p. 146-155, cat.nr. 125
Middeleeuwse kunst der Noordelijke Nederlanden, cat.nr. 54
De vroege Nederlandse schilderkunst in het Rijksmuseum, afb. 4
The communion of saints : the Master of the Virgo inter virgines' Virgin and child with Saints Catherine, Cecilia, Barbara and Ursula, Paula L. Pumplin

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