Master of Saint Giles, 1500 - Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly - fine art print

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Among the eponymous masters of Northern Renaissance painting is one whose name derives from two remarkable panels in the National Gallery, London, that represent scenes from the life of Saint Giles. Although certain stylistic features of his work, most notably the manner of rendering light and texture, suggest a Netherlandish background for the artist, his portrayal of sites in Paris points to a livelihood made in that city. Indeed, the oeuvre of the Master of Saint Giles indicates that he was an itinerant artist who perhaps trained in the Netherlands and was subsequently active in Paris.Several panels showing the Virgin and Child readily demonstrate that the Master of Saint Giles was influenced by the work of Rogier van der Weyden and Dieric (Dirk) Bouts. The dragonfly is symbolic of the Devil, here subdued by Christ, who through the Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection triumphed over Satan.

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"Virgin and Child with a Dragonfly" is a work of art painted by the painter Master of Saint Giles. The over 520 years old original version measures the size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in (26,6 x 18,2 cm). Oil and tempera on paper laid down on oak panel was used by the painter as the medium of the masterpiece. Nowadays, the artpiece is part of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (public domain license). The creditline of the artwork is: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an image ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width.

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