Virgin and Child
This rather austere wooden sculpture of the Virgin and Child is typical of the Romanesque style. In order to convey the idealized, heavenly nature of the subject, the artist gave the holy figures compact, self-contained bodies covered by clinging, linear drapery. The statue i...
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3972
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
[At the Church of Précigné (Sarthe) from at least the 15th century until the early 20th century]; Curé Tessier, Sillé-le-Guillaume, until 1914; Henri Daguerre, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, August 23, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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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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| style |
style
Romanesque
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.255_Fnt_TR_T02.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.255_Fnt_TR_T02.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_27.255_Fnt_TR_T02.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.255 |
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