S01 E35 – Jan Van Kessel II – Flowers Decorating a Stone Relief of the Virgin and Child – 1650-1655
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As you approach this seventeenth-century Flemish painting, your eye is drawn to the black and red trim frame, but as you walk closer, what seems to be a simple grey background reveals itself.
Written by Jamie Hahn
Voiced by Courtney Martin
Produced by Sean Ashcraft in cooperation with the David Owsley Museum of Art and the Ball State School of Art.
Music used in this episode:
Magnus et tu, Domine
Composed by Josquin des Prez
Arranged and performed by Jeffrey Hamilton Steele
Original air date: Sep 7, 2017
Jan Van Kessel II – Flowers Decorating a Stone Relief of the Virgin and Child – 1650-1655 – Photo by Steve Talley