The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen

The Virgin and Child before a Firescreen

Artist: Robert Campin (Dutch, c. 1375 - 1444)

Original Dimensions: 25" x 19 1/8"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (About 1440) "This puzzling picture of the Virgin and Child is often called the ‘Firescreen Madonna’, after the large wicker firescreen behind the Virgin’s head. We do not know who it was made for, or where or how it was used. We are not even sure how it originally looked: it was extensively restored in the nineteenth century. Although they are biblical figures, the artist has placed the Virgin and Christ inside a wealthy, even palatial, Netherlandish home. The Virgin is dressed as a queen. She wears a blue overdress over a linen shift, open at the neck to show her blue-veined breasts. Wisely, she has spread a white cloth over her knees to protect her clothes from the naked, wriggling child. A tiny hook at its corner would have allowed it to be hung up to dry. Christ’s genitals are clearly visible under the Virgin’s left hand. They were perhaps meant to remind viewers that Christ was fully human, and shared humanity’s vulnerability." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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