Madonna on a Crescent Moon in HortusConclusus | |
Italic Title: | no |
Artist: | Unknown (The Master of 1456) |
Year: | 1450s |
Height Metric: | 95 |
Width Metric: | 62 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Berlin |
Museum: | Gemäldegalerie |
The Madonna on a Crescent Moon in HortusConclusus is a 1450s[1] painting by an unknown artist referred to as the “”. It is held by the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.
Hortus Conclusus is Latin for “enclosed garden”, a motif of biblical origin where the VirginMary herself is represented as a garden.