Madonna with the Violet

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The "Madonna with the Violet" is a painting by Stefan Lochner, a late Gothic painter from Cologne, Germany, active around 1410–1451. This work, created around 1443, shows the influence of Netherlandish art, particularly that of Jan van Eyck, which Lochner encountered during his travels.1

Lochner was known for his mystical religious paintings, combining naturalism with a masterful sense of color and design. The "Madonna with the Violet" is an example of his style, reflecting a blend of detailed observation and rhythmic composition that characterized his work after settling in Cologne.1

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…this influence is the “Madonna with the Violet” (c. 1443). Van Eyck’s influence is most noticeable in Lochner’s chief work, the great town hall altarpiece much admired by Dürer. In this “Altar of the Patron Saints,” Lochner adds to the idealism of the older painters of the Cologne school…
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…this influence is the “Madonna with the Violet” (c. 1443). Van Eyck’s influence is most noticeable in Lochner’s chief work, the great town hall altarpiece much admired by Dürer. In this “Altar of the Patron Saints,” Lochner adds to the idealism of the older painters of the Cologne school…
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