MASTER of the Life of the Virgin
(active 1463-1480 in Cologne)

Virgin and Child

c. 1470
Oak, 58 x 51 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Gold almost takes over in this panel which has the fresh, direct approach typical of the region. The Mother and Son are not far from the art of Rogier van der Weyden and Dirk Bouts, whose pupil the Master of the Life of the Virgin may have been.