Virgin and Child

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Netherlands (made)

This is a boxwood Virgin and Child, made in Malines in the Netherlands in ca. 1620-1630.
During the 17th century a small number of workshops in Malines specialised in small-scale devotional boxwood figures such as this one.

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Categories	Christianity Sculpture
Object type	Statuette
Title	Virgin and Child (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Boxwood Boxwood
Brief description	Statuette, boxwood, the Virgin and Child, Netherlandish (Malines), ca.1620-1630
Dimensions	Height: 20.63cm
Object history	Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A. Historical significance: During the 17th century a small number of workshops in Malines specialised in small-scale devotional boxwood figures such as this one.
Subject depicted	Virgin and Child
Summary	This is a boxwood Virgin and Child, made in Malines in the Netherlands in ca. 1620-1630. During the 17th century a small number of workshops in Malines specialised in small-scale devotional boxwood figures such as this one.
Bibliographic reference	Trusted, Marjorie. Spanish Sculpture. Catalogue of the Post-Medieval Spanish Sculpture in Wood, Terracotta, Alabaster, Marble, Stone, Lead and Jet in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, rejected attributions, p. 172
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.18-1951

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O314592/virgin-and-child-statuette-unknown/

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