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Source Description
Simple brass statuettes of the Virgin were cast in great numbers to ornament chandeliers and other household fixtures. Their design was based on contemporary painted wooden statuettes. Placed over a doorway, such a figure would seem to bless the family's comings and goings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
22549
label
Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22549
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
Simple brass statuettes of the Virgin were cast in great numbers to ornament chandeliers and other household fixtures. Their design was based on contemporary painted wooden statuettes. Placed over a doorway, such a figure would seem to bless the family's comings and goings.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1520 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm) (h.)
Source extras
cul
Flemish
style
Gothic
med
copper alloy
creator_ids
15361
collection_ids
REN
MED
exhibition_ids
34
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
712d411baba085a8