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ComparisonsGerard David and Mary Cassatt some(prenominal) ar remarkable artists who has influenced artists today. Gerard David was born(p) in 1455 in the Netherlands (Oudewater). Mary Cassatt was born in 1861 in Pennsylvania. Even though they were born at polar times, their images show the relationship between dumbfound and child. David painted Virgin and minor With Four Angels in 1510. The type of canvas used was wood with fossil oil paint. The wood has a rectangular shape. The Virgin and Child characters that were reproduced from a painting by Jan van Eyck, who influenced David when he settled in Bruges in 1484. In the foreground there are six figures. The father, child and the four angels. The mother has brown hair and is draining a red robe. She is also in the center of the painting. She has a dismal look on her face, while attribute her child tightly. The mother depicts the Virgin Mary. The child is naked in the mothers implements of war looking at the viewer. Th e child represents Jesus and innocence. To the left and right of the mother there are two angels. One is playing a mouth organ and the other is playing a banjo. The one playing the harp is wearing a black robe. Black can represent the darkness or evil. The other angel playing the banjo is wearing a white achromatic robe. The white grayish assumption can represent the purity and true(p) side. Their facial expressions look as if they are sad. The other two angels are above the mother and child. They both are holding a height over the mother and child. The angels holding the crown symbolizes the war between goodness and evil. In the middle ground and background there are churches, gardens, and mountains. The colourize mainly used are forest green, brown, white and beige color to highlight certain aspects of the painting. The churches in the painting are from Sint-Jakobs and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw. The mood of the share is melancholy. It is shown in the facial expressions of each char acter. Looking at the painting I really couldnt tell where David started his work. I think he started with the background start-off and everything came after.Mary Cassatt painted a Young Mother Sewing on a rectangular canvas. She also used oil paint desire Gerard David did. In the foreground, the young child in the painting was wearing a white and sky blue dress.