Virgin and Child
This unusually large ivory carving, its shape corresponding to the shape of a tusk, shows the Christ Child embracing his mother in a pose of tender intimacy. It is one of the earliest examples of what in later Byzantine times was called Eleousa, or "Virgin of Tenderness." Th...
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6580
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sculpture
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Cologne, 1870s; M.-B. Meyers, Strasbourg, 1877, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 26, 1877; Michel Boy, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 15, 1905, no. 240; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_71.297_Fnt_TR_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_71.297_Fnt_TR_C82.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.297 |
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