SCOREL, Jan van
(b. 1495, Schoorl, d. 1562, Utrecht)

Madonna of the Daffodils with the Child and Donors

c. 1535
Oil on panel, 56 x 76 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The most striking feature of this panel is the contrast between the realism, austerity and sobriety of the donors and the idealization, spontaneous movement and freshness of the group formed by the Virgin and Child.