This beautiful depiction of the Virgin holding the Christ Child with her hands joined in prayer is one of five known copies after the 'Virgin and Child' by Rogier van der Weyden (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen).

This is thought perhaps to be the finest of the copies, particularly because of some inventive changes to the composition. As a result, it has been tentatively attributed to Goswijn van der Weyden, grandson of Rogier van der Weyden. Goswijn van der Weyden (born c.1465) was the son of the Brussels painter Pieter van der Weyden (who was, in turn, the son of the celebrated artist Rogier van der Weyden). Between 1499 and 1536 Goswijn was closely associated with the Abbey of Tongerlo, for which he painted several pictures. He may have inherited original drawings from his grandfather, and this painting may derive from drawings rather than from the Caen painting.