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Source Description
A small seated Virgin with deep folds in her skirt holds a seated Christ Child with her left hand. Her head was fitted for a metal crown.The right arm of the Virgin and the head, right hand, and left lower arm of the Child are missing. The crown is missing, and there is a large chip in the base below the left foot.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19588
label
Virgin and Child
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
19588
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
A small seated Virgin with deep folds in her skirt holds a seated Christ Child with her left hand. Her head was fitted for a metal crown.The right arm of the Virgin and the head, right hand, and left lower arm of the Child are missing. The crown is missing, and there is a large chip in the base below the left foot.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd half 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ivory & Bone
figurines
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Source extras
med
ivory
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6242
collection_ids
MED
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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d2e769483c93717c