Virgin and Child in a Niche

1430s-1450s (Renaissance)

7.5 cm 9.5 cm

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This small plaque depicts a half-length image of the Virgin holding a squirming Christ Child close to her. The Virgin's face, seen in profile, is visually linked to the frontally faced Christ, who reaches his arm around her neck and presses his face against hers. Behind the fi...

Artifact

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1507
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object
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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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3
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Terms

Medium
bronze
Genre
plaques

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