The Virgin and Child
Panel
ca. 1320 (made)
ca. 1320 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The distinctive broad face of the Virgin, with pronounced undulating curls to each side, suggests an origin in Lorraine or Cologne and a date in the first third of the fourteenth century.
Three dimensional images of the Virgin and Child were ubiquitous from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, produced in a wide range of materials and sizes and testifying the overwhelming devotion to th Virgin. Together with the Crucifixion, statues and statuettes of the Virgin and Child were the pricipal objects of devotion in the Christian Church, and vast numbers were made for ecclesisastical, monastic and private worship.
Three dimensional images of the Virgin and Child were ubiquitous from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, produced in a wide range of materials and sizes and testifying the overwhelming devotion to th Virgin. Together with the Crucifixion, statues and statuettes of the Virgin and Child were the pricipal objects of devotion in the Christian Church, and vast numbers were made for ecclesisastical, monastic and private worship.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Virgin and Child (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory |
| Brief description | Panel, ivory, The Virgin and Child, Eastern French (Lorraine) or Cologne, about 1320 |
| Physical description | Panel in ivory. The standing Virgin holds the Child in the crook of her left arm and in her right hand a spray of lilies. The child's right arm missing and the top of the Virgin's head cut off flat. She wears a long mantle drawn across her body over a belted gown. The infant Christ holds an apple in his left hand. |
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| Object history | Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh F.S.A. in 1949; formerly on loan from Dr Hildburgh. He acquired the piece in London in 1926 (this can be seen on a note on the back of a photograph in the departmental archive, in Hildburgh's hand). |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The distinctive broad face of the Virgin, with pronounced undulating curls to each side, suggests an origin in Lorraine or Cologne and a date in the first third of the fourteenth century. Three dimensional images of the Virgin and Child were ubiquitous from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, produced in a wide range of materials and sizes and testifying the overwhelming devotion to th Virgin. Together with the Crucifixion, statues and statuettes of the Virgin and Child were the pricipal objects of devotion in the Christian Church, and vast numbers were made for ecclesisastical, monastic and private worship. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.15-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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