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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture 1300-1600, Room 27

The Virgin and Child

Statuette
ca. 1550-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This group is based on a type of devotional sculpture current around 1420 and was probably made as a cabinet piece. Works in earlier styles, including modifications of Dürer's compositions, were often included in German 'cabinets'.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleThe Virgin and Child (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Boxwood
Boxwood
Carving
Brief description
Statuette, boxwood, The Virgin suckling the Christ Child, South German, ca. 1550-1600
Physical description
The Virgin wears a veil and a long robe, and gives her right breast to the Child seated in her lap.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.8cm
  • Width: 8.25cm
Gallery label
The Virgin and Child About 1550–1600 Southern Germany Boxwood Salting Bequest Museum no. A.534-1910(26/111/2010)
Object history
Formerly Spitzer collection, then Salting collection. Bequeathed to the V&A by Salting.

Historical significance: Works in earlier styles, including modifications of Dürer's compositions, were often included in German 'cabinets'.
Historical context
This group is based on a type of devotional sculpture current around 1420 and was probably made as a cabinet piece.
Subjects depicted
Virgin Mary
Christ Child
Summary
This group is based on a type of devotional sculpture current around 1420 and was probably made as a cabinet piece. Works in earlier styles, including modifications of Dürer's compositions, were often included in German 'cabinets'.
Bibliographic references
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 86
  • Beck, Herbert, and Bernhard Decker, Dürer's Verwandlung in der Skulptur Zwischen Renaissance und Barock, Frankfurt: Liebieghaus, 1982.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.534-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311807/the-virgin-and-child-statuette-unknown/
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