II.—Paintings of our Lady of Puy
The Brotherhood of Our Lady of Puy was a religious, artistic and literary society founded in the Middle Ages at Amiens, and which continued down to the 18th century.
The Master, who was elected each year, was under the obligation of having a picture painted in honour of the Virgin.
Several of these paintings, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, still exist.
All are similar in composition.
In the centre, the Virgin surrounded by symbolical figures arrayed in sumptuous garments, and in the foreground, the donor with relations and friends.
Near by, a scroll inscribed with the device chosen by the Master for his term of office, and in the background, landscape of living waters and verdure.