MASTER of Female Half-lengths
(active 1530-1540 in Antwerp)

Virgin and Child

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Oil on oak panel, 40 x 29 cm
Private collection

This picture is typical of the Master of the Female Half-lengths, who specialised in small-scale panels in a courtly style depicting elegant and fashionably-attired women reading, writing or making music, often shown against a plain or neutral background.