Follower of Hugo van der Goes (Ghent circa 1440-1482 Oudergem)


The Virgin and Child in a landscape oil on panel20.5 x 15.2cm (8 1/16 x 6in).
|The present composition is related to a drawing attributed to the Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam (inv. no. 9). A print after this drawing in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, is attributed to Johannes Wierix and a very similar Virgin and Child, signed by Hieronymus Wierix and published by Hans van Luyck, is in the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels. Joris van Grieken further observes that the latter print is closer in style to Hugo van der Goes, whose influence can also be detected in the present lot (see: J. van Grieken, 'Rogier van der Weyden's Late Reception in Prints (c. 1500-1600)', in Rogier van der Weyden in Context, eds. L. Campbell et al., Paris-Leuven-Walpole, 2012, pp. 358-360).