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Source Description
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 larger object, such as a shrine or diptych (two hinged panels). Traces of polychromy still visible by the traces of red in the Virgin's hair and in the hem of Christ's robe.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8656
label
Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8656
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
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 larger object, such as a shrine or diptych (two hinged panels). Traces of polychromy still visible by the traces of red in the Virgin's hair and in the hem of Christ's robe.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1350-1360 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
statuettes (statues)
ivories
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.2
height
6.5
depth
2.2
dimensionsRaw
6 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 7/8 in. (16.2 x 6.5 x 2.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
ivory with traces of paint
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
215
350
2410
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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bbb97503a0e1f5fd