A Masterly Hand / Scientia Artis 9

103 Famke Peters 4 102 feet; and some have both. In the Neeroeteren Marianum the nave-side Virgin holds a pear upside down in her long fingers, with its stalk in the palm of her hand (fig. 4.10a). This specific and stylised way of holding the fruit also occurs in other Elsloo works, such as the Virgin and Child formerly in the Mechelen Van Herck collection (fig. 4.10b), the Virgin and Child belonging to the Vision of Emperor Augustus in the church of Siersdorf (fig. 4.10c), the Marianums of Horst (fig. 4.10d), Venlo and Neer, and the St Anne with the Virgin and Child in Montfort ( fig. 1.2) . 4.10 a 4.10 d 4.10 c 4.10 b Fig. 4.10 Virgin holding fruit a Marianum (nave side), Neeroeteren, St Lambert’s Church b Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon, private collection c Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon, Siersdorf, Church of St John the Baptist d Marianum (nave side), Horst, St Lambert’s Church