Keywords: Master of the Orléans Triptych - The Virgin and Child - Walters 44126.jpg The Virgin turned three-quarters to the left stands in a sort of balcony or loggia only the upper half of her figure is visible over a parapet She wears a violet robe and blue mantle; her crowned head is surrounded by a nimbus Perched on her extended right hand is a green parrot which pecks at the right forefinger of the Child The Child clad in a green tunic open in front and exposing the lower half of his body stands on a fold of the Virgin's mantle spread upon the parapet The composition is framed between two columns with rings at the middle of their shafts crocketed capitals and fantastic bases which support a semi-circular arch lined with a double row of cusps and with crockets Through the arch behind a purple cloth of honor edged with paillettes of enamel opens a chapel its blue groin-vaults studded with stars The composition is based on an engraving by Martin Schongauer in which the Virgin turns the page of a book with her right hand while the Child holds the parrot on his left hand ca 1500 technique painted enamel copper cm 16 4 12 4 accession number 44 126 16114 Seligmann Brothers Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Orléans Triptych Madonna and Child Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum |