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The Virgin and Child with St. Anne (van Steffeswert)

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Van Steffesweert was one of the first woodcarvers in the Meuse region to sign his work, although not all his work is signed and the signatures vary ("IAN", "IAN VAN STEFFESWERT", "IAN VAN WEERD", "IAN BIELDESNIDER", etc). There are to date (2020) fourteen works signed by him, of which there are five
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and the date 151 (last digit illegible). It is almost double the size (86.2 cm) of the unsigned version. In this sculpture, Mary's lower right arm is missing, so it is unclear what she was holding. In a very similar version of the sculpture in the church of Saint Gertrude in
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The sculpture is dated 1500 but unsigned. According to Van Steffeswert expert Peter te Poel it bears all the characteristics of the Maastricht master sculptor. In 2016, the sculpture was selected as one of the ten most influential artworks from the Netherlands in the project
117:, the Netherlands. One is unsigned and dated 1500, the other one is signed and dated but difficult to decipher (1511?). Jan van Steffeswert (ca. 1460–1530) was a woodcarver from the Netherlands who worked in Maastricht in the late 15th and early 16th century. 133:. Due to the relatively small size and the emphasis on domesticity, it has been suggested that the sculpture had been commissioned for a home rather than a church. The Bonnefantenmuseum acquired it in 1993 from the parish church of Saint Martin in 129:
were popular in the late Middle Ages. The scene frequently shows Mary and Christ reading. In the unsigned sculpture in the Bonnefantenmuseum, the child is shown grasping a bowl of
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in the Bonnefantemuseum. The signed sculpture of the Virgin and Child with St. Anne was acquired in 2005 from the parish church of Our Lady in Pey-
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The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Jan van Steffeswert
Bonnefantenmuseum
Maastricht
Jan van Steffeswert
Bonnefantenmuseum
Maastricht
Christ Child with his mother and grandmother
porridge
Eijsden
Europeana
Echt
Tüddern
ISBN
978-90-6550-996-3
ISBN
978-90-72251-45-9


ISBN
978-90-400-9949-6
'Europeana 280 – Art from the 28 countries of Europe'
"– Jan van Steffenswert : hustinxstichting"
50°50′34″N 5°42′09″E / 50.8428°N 5.7025°E / 50.8428; 5.7025
Categories
Early Netherlandish sculpture
1510s sculptures
Wooden sculptures in the Netherlands
Statues of the Madonna and Child

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