Madonna and Child

c. 1465

Dirck Bouts

Artist, Netherlandish, c. 1415/1420 - 1475

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 39

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on panel

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
    framed: 28.4 x 20.9 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.67.1

More About this Artwork

Video:  What Sculpture Makes You Cry?

The National Gallery’s own Liz Diament and Alison Luchs answer your most asked questions in our fourth episode of Ask the National Gallery Anything.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Convent, northern France, prior to 1937.[1] Baron Joseph van der Elst [1896-1971], Brussels, by 1937;[2] his son, Baron François van der Elst, Brussels; sold 1986 through (Spencer Samuels, New York) to NGA.
[1] Unconfirmed information cited in 1942 Knoedler exhibition catalogue, and included on dealer's invoice.
[2] Published by Max J. Friedländer, Die Altniederländische Malerei, Leiden, 1937: 90, as owned by van der Elst.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1942

  • Flemish Primitives. An Exhibition Organized by the Belgian Government through the Belgian Information Center, New York, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1942, unnumbered, p. 32, repro. 33.

1944

  • Five Centuries of Dutch Art, Art Association of Montreal, 1944.

  • Loan Exhibition of Early Dutch Paintings, 1460-1540, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1944, no. 1, as The Virgin and Child.

1957

  • Dieric Bouts, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels; Museum Prinsenhof, Delft, 1957-1958, no. 20, repro.

Bibliography

1924

  • Friedländer, Max J. Die altniederländische Malerei 14 vols. 1924-1937. Leiden, 1937: 14:90.

1932

  • Baldass, Ludwig. "Die Entwicklung des Dirk Bouts. Eine Stilgeschichtliche Untersuchung." Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlung in Wien N. F. 6 (1932): 94-95.

1938

  • Schöne, Wolfgang. Dieric Bouts und seine Schule. Berlin and Leipzig, 1938: 185, no. 73.

1940

  • Baldass, Ludwig. "Dirk Bouts, Seine Werkstatt und Schule." Pantheon 25 (1940): 46.

1944

  • Van der Elst, Baron Joseph. The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages. Garden City, NY, 1944: 79.

1946

  • Schretlin, M. J. Dirck Bouts. Amsterdam, 1946: repro. 37.

1953

  • Panofsky Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1953: 1:317, n.3.

1957

  • Denis, Valentin. Thierry Bouts. Brussels, 1957: 10, 16, 26.

1958

  • Boon, Karel G. "Bouts, Justus of Ghent and Berruguete." _Burlington_100, no. 658 (January 1958): 11.

1996

  • Snyder, James. "Bouts." In Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner. London, 1996: 4:593

2004

  • Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 46, no. 32, color repro.

2008

  • Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique et. al. Autor de la Madeleine Renders. Brussels, 2008: 251, no. 177, repro.

2015

  • "Art for the Nation: The Story of the Patrons' Permanent Fund." National Gallery of Art Bulletin, no. 53 (Fall 2015): 7, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20173846

You may be interested in

Loading Results