# The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins

- By: Master of the Virgo inter Virgines
- Date: c. 1495 - c. 1500
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 123.1 cm x width 101.1 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-501--e4ae99733fa1278654679a2bd38ab31e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/cf9b04ba4fa5c740c065f21b300d8ce5.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This painting is an ode to chastity. The Virgin sits in an enclosed garden, a symbol of virginity, surrounded by four other virgins (‘virgo inter virgines’). From attributes on their necklaces, they are identifiable as Saint Catherine with a wheel and sword, Saint Cecilia with an organ, Saint Barbara with a tower and Saint Ursula with a heart and arrow.