Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)
Workshop of Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, 1415–1475)
c. 1490
View the original$22
Type
Size
Secure checkout · powered by Stripe
Materials & printing
Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
Shipping & returns
Made to order and shipped in 5–8 business days. US shipping only for now. Changed your mind? See our return policy.
Why is it this affordable?
A flat 20% margin — just enough to keep the store running. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
This grieving Madonna likely originally faced another panel depicting a similarly sorrowful Christ crowned with thorns. Portable devotional diptychs such as these were extremely popular in Northern Europe, and workshops like that of artist Dieric Bouts had a system for meeting this demand. A master artist’s design book, a closely guarded tool of the workshop, contained drawings that could be transferred by assistants directly onto the surface of a panel. The assistants could use the same drawing multiple times, as they did for this panel and others of the same subject, allowing for efficient production while maintaining the quality of the master’s design.
- Artist
- Workshop of Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, 1415–1475)
- Date
- c. 1490
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Style
- 15th century
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Reference
- 1986.998 · Art Institute of Chicago