The Virgin and Child (The Madonna with the Iris)

in the style of Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528)

National Gallery

16th Century

Monogram, but the painting may have been partially the work of Baldung. The Virgin sits in a garden nursing her Child. Among the plants are an iris, a peony and a vine.

• Medium: oil on wood panel
• Dimensions: 148 x 119 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2500 ( Total: £1,200)
• ArtFunded in: 1945
• Vendor: Cook Collection

Provenance

Bishop of Breslau, 1821 collection Felsenberg, Vienna; 1845 collection Des Vignes, sold 1891; 1892 collection Cook, Richmond.

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