Circle of Hugo van der Goes

Albrecht Daniel Thaer, Moeglin, 1812;
By descent to his great-great-grandson, Gunther Thaer;
With Schaffer Galleries, New York;
There purchased by Murray G. Ballantyne, Montreal in the late 1950s.

F. Winkler, Das Werk des Hugo Van der Goes, Berlin 1964, p. 291, footnote 1, p. 320; reproduced fig. 234 (as follower of Van der Goes).

Oil on panel. The panel is somewhat convex from left to right. There is a small loss below and also to the left of the Christ child's proper right foot. There are additional pinpoint losses in the Virgin's hair; to the right of her proper left elbow; and in the lower left section of her robe. There are also frame abrasions visible along the extreme upper edge. Under UV light, there is a fine line of vertical inpaint in the Virgin's forehead. There is additional inpaint to address small losses in the background to the left of her face and right of her shoulders and dashes at the bottom of her robe and across her proper left hand.
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