The Virgin and Child
Statue
1390-1410 (made)
1390-1410 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This statue was probably an individual image to which prayers could be addressed. This is one of a group of figures of the Virgin and Child produced over a wide area of Northern Europe. The sweet, intimate quality is typical of an international taste in gothic sculpture at the end of the 1300s.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Virgin and Child |
| Materials and techniques | Carved marble |
| Brief description | Statue, Virgin and Child, marble with traces of paint and gilding, Northern France or Southern Netherlands, ca. 1390-1410 |
| Physical description | Statue of the Virgin and Child |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Bought under the bequest of Captain H.B Murray. |
| Historical context | There is a similar figure in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam. |
| Production | Northern France or southern Netherlands |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This statue was probably an individual image to which prayers could be addressed. This is one of a group of figures of the Virgin and Child produced over a wide area of Northern Europe. The sweet, intimate quality is typical of an international taste in gothic sculpture at the end of the 1300s. |
| Bibliographic reference | Williamson, Paul and Evelyn, P. Northern Gothic Sculpture 1200-1450. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988
p.170, 173 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.17-1941 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2009 |
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