Hieronymus Galle d. Ä., 1625 – um 1679

PAINTING OF THE MADONNA IN A WREATH OF FLOWERS Oil on canvas. Doubled. 78 x 68 cm. The painting is listed in the RKD picture archive under the number 0000026656. The pictorial motif, taken up several times from Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) to Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), also shows here a painted framed portrait of the Madonna in grisaille technique. The framing with lateral volutes in the style of a stone frame. The portrait is surrounded by a brightly illuminated wreath of various flowers and leaves against a dark background. These include pink roses, mallows, white hydrangeas, feathered tulips, fire lilies, irises, panicles and other early summer flowers. The petals, extremely finely painted, seem to shine out against the dark, almost black background. (1400882) (11) Hieronymus Galle the Elder, 1625 - ca. 1679 MADONNA IN FLORAL WREATH Oil on canvas. Relined. 78 x 68 cm. The painting is listed in the RKD image archive under no. 0000026656. The idea for this motif was captured repeatedly by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) to Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). It depicts a painted framed portrait of the Madonna in grisaille.