The Virgin and Child

Gonzalo Perez's Virgin and Child, painted around 1410 for the Museo del Prado, presents the devotional subject in the International Gothic manner current in the Aragonese territories. The painting reflects the standardized approach to Marian imagery that served churches across the Crown of Aragon The Virgin Mary occupied a central place in late medieval and Renaissance piety, venerated as intercessor and Queen of Heaven, her image produced in countless devotional objects for public and private

The Madonna and Child are rendered in the conventional format with gold ground and decorative tooling, painted with the bright colors and firm drawing that characterize the Aragonese approach to devotional panel painting.