Otto van Veen (Leiden c. 1556-1629 Brussels)

This beautifully-preserved copper belongs to a series of six paintings produced during the artist's Italian sojourn (1575-1580). The other five pictures from the group belong to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena (see op. cit., figs. 313-317), and show scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin: The Coronation of the Virgin; The Nativity; The Flagellation; The Resurrection; and The Assumption of the Virgin.