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The Virgin and Child, Simon Bening, ca. 1550
Simon Bening, portraitSimon BeningFlemish, 1483–1561

The Virgin and Child

ca. 1550 · Miniature · 31.5 × 22.1 cm

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Yes, on view now

Where is “The Virgin and Child” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

RoomPortrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery

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Accession number
E.635-1998

What it shows

ChristVirgin Mary

In the catalog

PaintingsWatercolourFlemish paintingRenaissance16th centuryBruges

Sources

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L'Adoration des mages, Bening, Simon, XVIe siècle (1500 - 1600)

L'Adoration des mages

16th century (1500–1600) · Musée du Louvre

Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit, Bening, Simon, XVIe siècle (1520 - 1530)

Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit

16th century (1520–1530) · Musée du Louvre

Self-portrait of Simon Bening, aged 75 in 1558, Simon Bening, 1558

Self-portrait of Simon Bening, aged 75 in 1558

1558 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Sancte Joane Batisti, Simon Bening, 1493 - 1561

Sancte Joane Batisti

1493 - 1561 · Rijksmuseum

The Adoration of the Magi, Simon Bening, mid-1520s

The Adoration of the Magi

mid-1520s · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Resurrection, Simon Bening, c. 1530

The Resurrection

c. 1530 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Single Leaf with Scenes from the Last Supper, Simon Bening, c.1525–30

Single Leaf with Scenes from the Last Supper

c.1525–30 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art

In the same room · Portrait Miniatures, Room 90a, The International Music and Art Foundation Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum

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Bertha Maria Crapper, the artist's mother, aged 70, Edith M. Crapper, 1933

Edith M. Crapper

Bertha Maria Crapper, the artist's mother, aged 70, 1933

Mrs Jean Elizabeth MccGwire, née Adair, Lucy Winifred Macdonald, ca. 1918

Lucy Winifred Macdonald

Mrs Jean Elizabeth MccGwire, née Adair, ca. 1918

Eileen Marshall, Nellie M. Hepburn Edmunds, 1912

Nellie M. Hepburn-Edmunds

Eileen Marshall, 1912

Portrait Miniature of Miss Jean Elizabeth Adair, aged about 8, Alexandrine McEwan, 1897

Alexandrine McEwan

Portrait Miniature of Miss Jean Elizabeth Adair, aged about 8, 1897

Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, Annie Dixon, 1865

Annie Dixon

Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, 1865

Portrait miniature of Mrs Bacon, William Charles Ross, 1841

William Charles Ross

Portrait miniature of Mrs Bacon, 1841

Rev. John F. Colls, B.D, Andrew Robertson, 1840

Andrew Robertson

Rev. John F. Colls, B.D, 1840

Portrait Miniature of Miss Burnaby Green, Andrew Robertson, 1829

Andrew Robertson

Portrait Miniature of Miss Burnaby Green, 1829

On the same theme · Christ

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Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin, 1891

Paul Gauguin

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Last Supper, Raphael Morghen, after Leonardo da Vinci, 1800

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper, 1800

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

a) The Last Supper; b) Putti, Vincenzo Tamagni, after Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1515

Leonardo da Vinci

a) The Last Supper; b) Putti, c. 1515

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci, probably 19th century

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper, probably 19th century

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco, ca. 1577–87

El Greco

Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1577–87

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Adoration of the Magi, Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320

Giotto

The Adoration of the Magi, possibly ca. 1320

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych, Jan van Eyck, ca. 1436–38

Jan van Eyck

Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych, ca. 1436–38

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ and the Two Thieves Crucified, Michelangelo Buonarroti, ca. 1560–70

Michelangelo

Christ and the Two Thieves Crucified, ca. 1560–70

The Metropolitan Museum of Art