MASTER of 1456
(active 1450s in Cologne)

Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus

1450s
Oak, 95 x 62 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

This image represents an unusual combination of the Woman of the Apocalypse and a Madonna of Humility. The Madonna is shown seated in an enclosed garden, with male and female donors in suitably humble small scale to the lower left and right.