Jan Provoost

Triptych with the Virgin and Child, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene

Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena
Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena
Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena
Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena
Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena

Jan Provoost
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene

On view in Room 6

In the centre of this triptych is the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus. The child is sitting on a gold brocade cushion, lovingly supported by his mother. Behind them is a landscape with a Flemish town. The left wing depicts John the Evangelist and the right wing Mary Magdalene.

The triptych was painted by the Flemish artist Jan Provoost. He also painted the decorations on the frame, which are reminiscent of the woodcuts by the German artist Albrecht Dürer.

Technical details
Jan Provoost  Drieluik met Maria met kind, Johannes de Evangelist en Maria Magdalena

Jan Provoost
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene

On view in Room 6

Bruikleen van het Rijksmuseum. Schenking van de erven van de heer C. Hogendijk, Den Haag
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Details

General information
Jan Provoost (Mons c. 1464 - 1529 Bruges)
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene
painting
783
Room 6
Material and technical details
oil
panel
44 x 30.5 cm

Provenance

Bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2570), 1912; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1924