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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Franconia (made)

This statue representing St. Anne with the Virgin and Child was probably the centre piece of the corpus of a small side-altar. The drapery scheme found in this statue has its closest parallels in sculptures produced in Nuremberg between 1470 and 1490.

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Categories	Sculpture Christianity
Object type	Statue
Materials and techniques	painted and gilded limewood Limewood
Brief description	Statue, St anne with the virgin and child; Wood painted and gilt. Franconian ca. 1480.
Physical description	Statue of St. Anne with the Virgin and Child. St. Anne stands with the Virgin on her left side on an integral circular base. She holds the half-naked Christ, holding an orb in his left hand, in the crook of her right arm, and the raised hand of the Virgin in her left hand. With traces of colour and gilding.
Dimensions	Height: 84.5cm
Production	Probably Nuremberg
Subjects depicted	St. Anne Virgin Mary Christ Child
Summary	This statue representing St. Anne with the Virgin and Child was probably the centre piece of the corpus of a small side-altar. The drapery scheme found in this statue has its closest parallels in sculptures produced in Nuremberg between 1470 and 1490.
Bibliographic reference	Jopek, Nobert. German Sculpture 1430-1540: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publications, 2002. cat. no. 13. pp. 48-49.
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.7-1925

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O349921/statue-unknown/

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