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Jan Brueghel the Younger
Virgin, Child and St. Anne with Garland, 1625-30
Jan Brueghel the Younger painted the landscape and large garland in this devotional picture; a second artist added the figures. In the 1500s and 1600s, artists with different specialties often collaborated on paintings, each attempting to best the other.
Here, the formal device of the garland is enlivened with the help of energetic and diligent cherubs; they bring the garland to earth and encircle Christ, the Virgin, and Mary's mother, St. Anne, and then carry it to heaven as seen in the upper left. |