The Virgin and Saint John

ca. 1420-1440 (Late Medieval - Early Renaissance)

23 cm 42.8 cm 13.5 cm

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These mourning figures of the Virgin and St. John originally stood beside a crucified Christ. Although their bodies physically rest against each other, their faces turn in opposite directions, as if to indicate the isolation of grief. While the simple, yet elegant volumes po...

Sculpture

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31065
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Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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late Gothic
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