Rubens - the virtuoso painter who loved life in all its warmth, vibrancy, light and mutability - painted portraits and still lives in a manner that was at once sensitive and vigorous. He captured viewers with his skill of transforming traditional religious topics into depictions of remarkable power and expression. One of Rubens's gifts was his ability to work in a team, which is rare in a great painter. Indisputably the greatest painter of his time, he could entrust sections of his works to his co-workers with no detriment to the artistic merit of the work. One the contrary, such cooperation could at times enrich his compositions and always blended with them harmoniously. Rubens had a large melting pot of a workshop, where the invention of many was heated by his genius to create the rare alloy of masterpiece. His system was also determined by practical considerations - only a team could meet the constant flow of commissions. However, admirable quality was always maintained, which is also the case with the Wilanów Madonna and Child painted in Rubens's workshop. The beauty of the painting is in no way deficient to the painter's signed works. Some sections show signs of consummate virtuosity and were probably done in Rubens's hand. The master may have painted the Child himself, given the lightness of its robe and the softness of its hair. The somewhat cooler figure of the Madonna was probably painted by the co-workers in Rubens's workshop.