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| Artist | Attributed to after Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Balen, Hendrik van, I (Flemish painter, 1575-1632) |
| Title | The Virgin and Child, with St Elizabeth and St John |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1625 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1700 |
| Material | oil on metal (copper) |
| Measurements | 30.8 x 25.1 cm |
| Description | In this oval painting on copper, the Virgin sits to the left with the Christ Child held in her lap. The Child looks to his mother while a lamb nuzzles His right hand. The infant St John stands astride the lamb as his shoulders are supported by St Elizabeth on the right. |
| Subject | religion |
| Collection | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Current accession number | 28 |
| Previous accession number(s) | 47 (1855) |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Archibald McLellan 1854. |
| Principal publications | McLellan Catalogue, Glasgow, 1855, p. 5, no. 47, as by van Balen; Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 121, no. 28, as an early copy after Rubens. |
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| Rights status | Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author | Robert Wenley |
