Virgin and Child
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.
Artifact
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id
22549
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.38_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.38_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.38_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.38 |