Devotional Statuette of the Virgin and Child

ca. 1520 (Early Modern) 16 1/8 in. (41 cm) Citation Source image

Small, simply carved, painted wooden statuettes of the Virgin and also of popular saints were produced in great numbers by workshops in and around Mechelen. They were decorative and inexpensive and therefore ideal for the home as aides to personal devotions.

Sculpture

id
id
34545
contentType
contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
9
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_61.70_Fnt_BW.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_61.70_Fnt_BW.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_61.70_Fnt_BW.jpg
imageCount 9
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.70