Master of the Female Half-lengths
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
A Lady Reading as Mary Magdalen, This painting is a description of an unknown woman in the guise of Mary Magdalen. She sits at a window wearing a strange flat hat and a necklace around her neck. She reads an illuminated manuscript (presumably a book of hours). On the table in front of her sits an ointment jar. Through the window, we see a landscape., c.1520-1540, Photographed in 1930
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0416; Public Notes: This piece once belonged to the Figdor Collection as indicated on our photograph.
Madonna and Child in a Landscape, Depiction of the Virgin Mary seated holding the Christ child. Mary reads from a book (presumably a book of hours) while the naked Christ child reaches toward a plate of grapes. The two sit in an expansive, hilly landscape., c.1525-1550
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0412; Public Notes:
Mary and Child, Depiction of the Virgin Mary seated holding the Christ child who sits on a pillow. The Christ child sits with one hand in his lap with his other arm around Mary's bare breast. Mary holds a sprig of cherries in her right hand., c.1520-1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0413; Public Notes: The object number for this piece is SK-A-3130.
Mary and Child, Depiction of the Virgin Mary seated holding the naked infant Christ child. Mary gazes down at her son who reaches up to touch the veil of his mother. A dark background falls behind the two., c.1500-1549
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0414; Public Notes: The painting once belonged to the Kraemer Collection (as indicated on our photograph) from 1911-1913.
Mary and Child, Depiction of the Virgin Mary supporting the infant Christ child who stands naked on a sort of parapet. He turns the pages of a book that sits in front of him (presumably a book of hours). Mary wears a turban and looks down at the Christ child., c.1520-1549
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0410; Public Notes:
Mary and Child, Depiction of the Virgin Mary supporting the infant Christ child who stands naked on a sort of parapet. He turns the pages of a book that sits in front of him (presumably a book of hours). Mary wears a turban and looks down at the Christ child., c.1520-1549
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0411; Public Notes:
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, This painting depicts the Holy Family on the rest on the Flight into Egypt. The Virgin Mary, Christ child, and St. Joseph sit front and center. St. Joseph holds a basket of fruit to the left of the Virgin and Child and the Christ child reaches to grab a piece. A donkey wearing a saddle grazes in the middle ground to the right. A hilly landscape lies in the background., c.1520-1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0409; Public Notes: The photograph indicates that this painting once belonged to the Sedelmeyer Collection. This painting now is part of the John G. Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, St. Francis and St. Jerome, The central panel depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child. The Christ child holds a piece of fruit in his right hand while he plays with his mother's veil with his left. The left panel depicts St. Jerome who kneels next to a small crucifix, holding a rock in his hand. The head of a lion appears behind the base of a tree., c.1520-1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0415; Public Notes: This piece once belonged to the Figdor Collection as indicated on our photograph.
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