MASTER of the Prodigal Son
(active 1530-1560 in Antwerp)

Virgin and Child

1530-60
Oil on oak panel, 77 x 53 cm
Private collection

The plastic, sculptural bodies of the Virgin and particularly the Christ Child here are reminiscent of the figure types of Coecke van Aelst, who in turn was looking back to the work of Bernard van Orley.