Pendant with the Virgin and Child in Glory

1500-1550 (Renaissance)

5.5 cm 12 cm 1 cm

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The depiction of the Virgin and Child in Glory within an aureole (large almond-shaped halo) of roses evoked for contemporaries both a well-known image from the book of Revelation interpreted as the Virgin's triumph over evil and the rosary. The ring at the top is for a chain,...

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Collection of Melvin Gutman Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24, 1969, lot 11; Blumka Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by purchase.
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