Virgin and Child

1350-1360 (Medieval)

6.5 cm 16.2 cm 2.2 cm

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The Virgin supports the standing Child, who playfully pulls on her veil. Their poses represent the Child taking his first step, a warm, natural subject popular in Swiss and German regions, but less often portrayed in France. The statuette has a flat back for attachment to a la...

Artifact

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Léon Gruel, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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