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Virgin and Child by Dieric Bouts, ca. 1455–60, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Madonna and Child

Virgin and Child

Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, Haarlem, active by 1457–died 1475)

ca. 1455–60 · Oil on wood · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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image 9.8×14 in on a 11×14 in sheet

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About this painting

The Christ Child presses His face to His Mother's cheek and sets one hand flat on her breast; Our Lady holds Him with both hands, eyes lowered. There is nothing behind them but dark. The Met's catalogue traces the pose to the Byzantine glykophilousa, the affectionate Virgin, and notes what Bouts left out: the gold ground and the halos. In their place the Met finds subtle, tactile modelling of flesh. The God who made the stars has a cheek, and she can touch it. At eight and a half inches high, the image was made for private devotion, small enough to hold near one face at prayer.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dieric Bouts, Virgin and Child, 30.95.280, read 2026-09-24 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, 'The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages', Heilbrunn Timeline, read 2026-09-24

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The Record
Date ca. 1455–60
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Subject Madonna and Child
Season Ordinary Time
Master 3,565 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 30.95.280

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Dieric Bouts
Date ca. 1455–60
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm)
Holding The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 30.95.280

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Virgin and Child MET DT1481.jpg
Master 3,565 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistDieric Bouts (Netherlandish, Haarlem, active by 1457–died 1475)
Dateca. 1455–60
MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession30.95.280
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm)
Sheet sizes11×14 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 30.95.280 the museum’s record
Source fileThe Met’s own open-access file
LicenceCreative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
Master2,505 × 3,565 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from The Met’s own open-access file on 25 August 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 9.8×14 in · archival margin · 255 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 3,565 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.