Gerard David (1460-1523) var en fremragende flamsk maler kjent for sin blendende fargebruk, detaljerte religiøse scener og innovative landskapsmaleri – en nøkkelfigur i den tidlige nederlandske malerkunstens gullalder.
The Virgin in a Rose Garden—with the figure sometimes shown crowned—was one of the favorite courtly themes of late Gothic painting. The picture"s style reflects Provost"s training with the manuscript illuminator Simon Marmion in Valenciennes.