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Source Description
This carving is one of the earliest standing Virgin and Child ivories to survive intact from the Gothic period. Despite the sharp, angular style, the artist represented the tender interaction between mother and child, an observation made from daily life not usually depicted in earlier Romanesque art.
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Document identity
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19932
label
Virgin and Child
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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19932
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
This carving is one of the earliest standing Virgin and Child ivories to survive intact from the Gothic period. Despite the sharp, angular style, the artist represented the tender interaction between mother and child, an observation made from daily life not usually depicted in earlier Romanesque art.
provenance
Alphonse Kann [1870-1948], Paris. Collection of Edouard Passavant-Gontard, Frankfurt am Main. Acquired by Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1225-1250 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
ivories
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6
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6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24
height
7.2
depth
6.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 7/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 2 9/16 in. (24 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
ivory with traces of gilding and paint
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6229
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none
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