Fine Art

The Virgin and Child with an Angel Making Music — History & Facts

Vermeyen had a highly individual sense of imagination. His angel is no elevated, genderless celestial being, but a woman of flesh and blood, who has donned her finest gown. She is fitted out with sizeable swan wings.

The infant Jesus is a brawny, lively, little fellow showing no intention of falling asleep to the song that the angel is strumming for him.

More Artworks by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Portrait of Charles V by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, oil on panel, featuring a regal figure with a piercing gaze.

Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Etching of King Philip II by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, highlighting his regal attire and presence.

Portret van Philips II

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

The Marriage at Cana, oil on panel by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, featuring a night scene with candlelight.

The Marriage at Cana

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Portret van Erard de la Marck, etching by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, depicting a noble figure in ornate garments.

Portret van Erard de la Marck, prins-bisschop van Luik

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Portrait of Hendrik II, etching by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Portret van Hendrik II

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Portret van Hendrik II by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, etching, depicting a noble with a lace collar.

Portret van Hendrik II

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

Seated Woman in Spanish Attire, etching by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, featuring a woman in a conical skirt.

Seated Woman in Spanish Attire

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

A Spanish Brothel, etching by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen showing men in a brothel setting

A Spanish Brothel

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

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More Religious Art

A triptych showing a lush garden with nude figures and animals on the left, a vibrant central panel of nude humans and fantastical creatures, and a dark, fiery hellscape with tortured figures on the right.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch

Father embraces his son in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

A young woman in a red dress and blue mantle sits on a rock with two children, one holding a small bird, set against a landscape of hills and trees.

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Raphael

Rembrandt's 'The Crucifixion' depicts a dramatic moment in a religious context.

The Crucifixion

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens' depiction of Christ on the Cross with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St John in a moment of profound grief.

Christ on the Cross with Maria, Mary Magdalene and St John

Peter Paul Rubens

A muscular female figure in an orange robe twists her body holding a massive open book above her head, with a young attendant seated behind her.

Libyan Sibyl

Michelangelo

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