b&w photograph
Very good.
Picture of the Virgin Mary and child, surrounded by flowers. The flowers are painted by Daniel Seghers.
From Burke-Gaffney fonds: research. Written on reverse in ink and pencil: 'SUBJECT Flowers BY Daniel Seghers FROM THE WILSTACH COLLECTION W04-1-54'. The stamp of the Philadelphia Museum of Art also on reverse. Accompanying note reads: 'VIII Garland of flowers with Mary and Child: a painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (from the Wilstach Collection). The painting is on canvas, about 74 x 102 cm. The Madonna is waist length, the Child, full length. The sculptural elements, in grisaille, and the flowers, in vivid natural hues, are typical of Daniel Seghers' style'.
Date Catalogued: 3/10/1998