Virgin and Child

c. 1662
(Flemish, 1599–1641)
Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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Location: On view at Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Mar 27, 2024 - Jul 1, 2024

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King Charles II awarded Carew an annual pension to copy in miniature from the royal collection.

Description

Larger in size than most portrait miniatures, the Madonna and Child by Anna Maria Carew is a cabinet miniature, or a small work on vellum, enamel, or ivory that copies a full-scale oil painting. In this case the original painting was by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, and engraved by Paulus Pontius around 1630 shortly after it was painted. As a cabinet miniature, this work is somewhat unusual because of its religious subject and its simplicity. Cabinet miniatures tended instead to reproduce paintings of dramatic subjects and climactic moments in myths or religious stories. They could be hung on the wall or stored in elaborate and specially designed furniture, and they were often displayed in the smaller, more private rooms of a house.
Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

c. 1662

Anna Maria Carew, Anthony van Dyck

(British), (Flemish, 1599–1641)
England, 17th century

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