GOSSART, Jan
(b. ca. 1478, Maubeuge, d. 1532, Middelburg)

The Malvagna Altarpiece (centre panel)

1513-15
Oil on panel, 46 x 35 cm
Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palermo

The centre panel of the triptych depicts the Virgin and Child with Musical Angels. The High Gothic canopy for the enthroned Virgin and Child is painted in the best of Bruges style; the musical angels combine the charm of Flemish art with putti modeled after those found on North Italian altarpieces.