movement: Flemish Primitives / instance of: painting

commissioned by: Nicolas Rolin (1) | Tommaso Portinari (1) | Jean de Sedano (1)

owned by: Benjamin Altman (6) | John G. Johnson (5) | Jules Bache (5) | Michael Friedsam (5) | Albert von Oppenheim (4) | Richard von Kaufmann (3) | Robert Lehman (3) | Dmitry Tatishchev (3) | Léopold Goldschmidt (3) | Mary of Hungary (2) | Gemäldegalerie (2) | National Gallery (2) | Adolph Thiem (2) | France (1) | Philip II of Spain (1) | Charles II of Spain (1) | Nicholas I of Russia (1) | Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1)

genre: religious art (305) | portrait (81) | allegory (8) | nude (6) | genre art (6) | three-quarter portait (3) | full-length portrait (3) | Christian art (2) | history painting (2) | satire (1) | self-portrait (1) | portrait at bust length (1) | full-frontal portrait (1)

based on: Madonna and Child (3) | Book of Genesis (2) | New Testament (2) | Saint George and the Dragon (2) | Revelation of John (1) | Nativity of Jesus (1) | Annunciation (1) | Marriage at Cana (1) | flight into Egypt (1) | Madonna at the Fountain (1) | Adoration of the shepherds (1) | Cutting the Stone (1) | Madonna of humility (1)

artist: Hans Memling (142) | Rogier van der Weyden (58) | Hieronymus Bosch (48) | anonymous (46) | Jan van Eyck (30) | Gerard David (26) | Robert Campin (24) | Petrus Christus (12) | Dieric Bouts (11) | Hubert van Eyck (8) | Hugo van der Goes (7) | Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi (4) | Master of Flémalle (2) | Antonello da Messina (1) | Pietro Perugino (1) | Jan Provoost (1) | Jehan Bellegambe (1) | Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy (1)

depicts: Virgin Mary (63) | woman (54) | man (50) | Jesus Christ (43) | angel (36) | Child Jesus (31) | boy (19) | Mary Magdalena (15) | John the Baptist (14) | mother (12) | Annunciation (12) | John the Apostle (9) | Anthony the Great (9) | landscape (8) | biblical Magi (7) | adoration (7) | sitting (7) | crown (6)

material used: oil paint (388) | panel (231) | wood (85) | oak (52) | canvas (6) | tempera (4) | linen (2) | gold (1) | vellum (1) | distemper (1) | mixed technique (1)

collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art (33) | National Gallery (29) | Museo del Prado (25) | Gemäldegalerie (22) | Department of Paintings of the Louvre (21) | Flemish Art Collection (19) | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (17) | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (15) | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (14) | Berlin State Museums (14) | Bavarian State Painting Collections (14) | Uffizi Gallery (14) | private collection (12) | Rijksmuseum (11) | National Gallery of Art (11) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (10) | Städel Museum (8) | Groeningemuseum (8)

location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (29) | National Gallery (27) | Museo del Prado (25) | Gemäldegalerie (20) | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (16) | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (15) | Alte Pinakothek (14) | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (12) | Rijksmuseum (11) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (10) | National Gallery of Art (9) | Uffizi (8) | Städel Museum (8) | Groeningemuseum (8) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (7) | Room 818 (7) | Gallerie dell'Accademia (6) | Philadelphia Museum of Art (6)

part of: Ghent Altarpiece (6) | Visions of the Hereafter (4) | Triptych of Vienne (4) | Triptych of Jan Crabbe (4) | The Pilgrimage of Life Triptych (4) | None (4) | St John the Baptist and Veronica Diptych (4) | Triptych Pagagnotti (4) | The Seven Sacraments (3) | Columba Triptych (3) | Christ with singing and music-making Angels (3) | Donne Triptych (3) | Diptych of Munich (3) | Triptych of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt (3) | Chicago diptych (3) | Tríptych of Benedetto Portinari (3) | The Flémalle Panels: St. Veronica with the Veil, Madonna Breastfeeding, The Trinity (3) | The Werl Triptych (2)

country of origin: Belgium (1) | Netherlands (1) | Flanders (1) | Habsburg Netherlands (1)

exhibition history: Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (66) | Jheronimus Bosch - Visions of genius (17) | Prayers and Portraits, Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych (6) | Exposition des primitifs français (5) | Europeana 280 (4) | From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3) | Masterpieces of Art: European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300–1800 (2) | Exhibition of Belgian Medieval Art (2) | The Bache Collection (2) | Hans Memling: Five Centuries of Fact and Fiction (2) | The Renaissance Portrait. From Donatello to Bellini (1) | Kunsthistorische Ausstellung (1) | Flemish Primitives: An Exhibition Organized by the Belgian Government Through the Belgian Information Center, New York (1) | Gerard David: Flanders's Last Medieval Master (1) | 30 Masterpieces: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) | Out of this World: An Exhibition of Fantastic Landscapes from the Renaissance to the Present (1) | Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge (1) | Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures (1)

main subject: Madonna and Child (37) | Annunciation (15) | Adoration of the Magi (13) | Nativity of Jesus (8) | crucifixion of Jesus (7) | Pietà (6) | lamentation of Christ (6) | Temptation of Saint Anthony (6) | rest on the flight into Egypt (5) | Descent from the Cross (5) | John the Baptist (4) | Sacra Conversazione (4) | Nursing Madonna (4) | Ecce Homo (3) | Saint Luke painting the Virgin (3) | Christ carrying the cross (3) | Jesus Christ (2) | resurrection of Jesus (2)

location of final assembly: 's-Hertogenbosch (2) | Netherlands (1) | Tournai (1)

published in: European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue (3) | From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3) | A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) | The Unicorn Tapestries (1)

fabrication method: oil painting (4) | grisaille (1)