Madonnas attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts 1415-1475

Attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475) Virgin and Child 1455-60

Attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475)  Virgin and Child 1455-60

Attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475) and his studio. Virgin and Child 1465

Attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475) and his studio. Virgin and Child

Attributed to Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475) Virgin and Child 1455-60

Workshop of Dieric the Elder Bouts (1415-1475) 

In this blog, I try to begin each day with a painting of the Madonna & Child. It centers me; connects me to the past; & encourages me to post some of the religious paintings which were a large part of the core of early Western art.  In the 4C, as the Christian population was rapidly growing & was now supported by the state, Christian art evolved & became grander to suit new, enlarged public spaces & the changing contemporary tastes of elite private clients.