Virgin with Child (Virgen con Niño)

This panel painting comes from the San Lamberto Convent in Zaragoza and represents the Virgin and Child. It is in the Virgin of Tenderness style characterized by a sense of gentle communication between mother and son which marked a new departure from the gravity and stiffness found in previous periods. Mary is wearing voluminous, bright red clothing and a subtle veil. Her face is calm and turned towards her son, who is playing with a little bird perched on his hand. The background is a bucolic landscape that is characteristic of the Netherlands.