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Source Description
This statuette once topped a large candlestick or chandelier. The figure is hollow, and the large opening on its top is a result of the casting process. Smaller holes on the sides of the Virgin's head show that she once wore a crown. Her right hand, separately cast and attached by a pin, originally likely held a scepter or a lily (symbol of Mary's purity). The grapes clasped by the infant Christ allude to the wine of Communion and, thus, to the blood shed by him at Calvary.
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Document identity
localId
14446
label
Virgin and Child
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
14446
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
This statuette once topped a large candlestick or chandelier. The figure is hollow, and the large opening on its top is a result of the casting process. Smaller holes on the sides of the Virgin's head show that she once wore a crown. Her right hand, separately cast and attached by a pin, originally likely held a scepter or a lily (symbol of Mary's purity). The grapes clasped by the infant Christ allude to the wine of Communion and, thus, to the blood shed by him at Calvary.
provenance
Stefano Bardini, Florence, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, June 5, 1899 or May 26, 1902; George Robinson Harding, London [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd half of the 15th century (Late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
chandeliers
ornaments
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Source extras
cul
Flemish
style
Gothic
med
brass
creator_ids
3868
6505
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
1957
Page inventory
seq
1
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photo
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9f8e8f41f5a6154e
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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6a17aec7bcbf14c4
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no
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no