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Virgin and Child before a Firescreen
Robert Campin
about 1425-1430
Oil with egg tempera on panel, 63.4 x 48.5 cm
London, National Gallery
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(known also as Salting Madonna, after it’s last owner)
This painting was intended as a private devotional image. A motif of Maria lactans is incorporated in a scene from everyday life. Campin was a “joker” as he substituted a nimbus with the round fire-screen behind the head of the Virgin. This is the only painting of Campin where the figure (child) is gazing directly at the spectator.
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Virgin and Child before a Firescreen, detail | |
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