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The Virgin and Child in a Gothic architectural setting, ca. 1500

The Virgin and Child in a Gothic architectural setting

ca. 1500 · Oil painting · 96.5 × 41.8 cm

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Where is “The Virgin and Child in a Gothic architectural setting” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Architecture, Room 128, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

RoomArchitecture, Room 128

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About the painting

This painting is a good example of the Hispano-Flemish style of the late 15th century in Spain. Probably executed in Seville, this work shows the Virgin and Child set in an architectural frame which derives from the decoration of the doors of the Cathedral of Seville. The dominant feature of this frame is the acanthus leaves which runs all along the different sections while the Madonna, with a round face and long curly hair, and the Child are reminiscent of Flemish prototypes. The importance of the architectural frame compared with the Madonna and Child suggest this piece was part of large ensemble.

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Details

Accession number
335-1866

What it shows

Gothic archAcanthusGrapesPinnaclesButtressQuatrefoilsVirgin MaryThe Christ Child

In the catalog

PaintingsOilRenaissance16th centurySpanish School, SevilleSeville

Sources

In the same room · Architecture, Room 128, Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum page
The Wall, Nigel Coates, 1988

Nigel Coates

The Wall, 1988

The Five Orders of Architecture, Robert Arnould Drais, ca. 1780

Robert Arnould Drais

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Thomas Chippendale

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Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Design for a pier-glass in the gothic style from; A Miscellaneous Collection of Original Designs, made, and for the most part executed, during an extensive Practice of many years in the first line of his Profession, by John Linnell, Upholsterer Carver & Cabinet Maker. Selected from his Portfolios at his Decease, by C. H. Tatham Architect. AD 1800., John Linnell, ca.1755-1760

John Linnell

Design for a pier-glass in the gothic style from; A Miscellaneous Collection of Original Designs, made, and for the most part executed, during an extensive Practice of many years in the first line of his Profession, by John Linnell, Upholsterer Carver & Cabinet Maker. Selected from his Portfolios at his Decease, by C. H. Tatham Architect. AD 1800., ca.1755-1760

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum