Virgin and Child, ca. 1495?1500, Oil on wood, Overall 12 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (31. 1 x 17. 1 cm) ; painted surface 11 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (29. 8 x 15. 6 cm), Paintings, Jan Provost (Netherlandish, Mons (Bergen) ca. 1465?1529 Bruges), The Virgin in a Rose Garden-with the figure sometimes shown crowned-was one of the favorite courtly themes of late Gothic painting. The picture's style reflects Provost's training with the manuscript illuminator Simon Marmion in Valenciennes