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Source Description
Nearly life-size, this masterpiece of Burgundian carving comes from a chapel in the cathedral of Besançon. The Virgin and Child, with their thick drapery, weighty bodies, and lack of ornament, reflect the 15th-century movement away from the Gothic ideal of the elegant, slender aristocrat towards greater realism and ordinary proportions. The revolution was initiated in Dijon by the sculptor Claus Sluter, in whose following this unknown master must be counted.The Christ Child's ball represents the world and therefore his dominion over all things: the paradox of the tiny child with infinite power expressed through a childish toy.
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Document identity
localId
40829
label
Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
40829
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
Nearly life-size, this masterpiece of Burgundian carving comes from a chapel in the cathedral of Besançon. The Virgin and Child, with their thick drapery, weighty bodies, and lack of ornament, reflect the 15th-century movement away from the Gothic ideal of the elegant, slender aristocrat towards greater realism and ordinary proportions. The revolution was initiated in Dijon by the sculptor Claus Sluter, in whose following this unknown master must be counted.The Christ Child's ball represents the world and therefore his dominion over all things: the paradox of the tiny child with infinite power expressed through a childish toy.
provenance
Cathedral of Besançon; Mr. Champy, Chateau Saint-Apollinaire [near Dijon], 1906, by purchase; Mr. Décailly, Chateau Saint-Apollinaire, 1932, by inheritance; Simon Le Grand, Amsterdam, 1938, by purchase; Raphael Stora, Paris and New York, ca. 1940, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.
date
ca. 1425 (late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statues
imageCount
3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
156.2
height
64.5
depth
39.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 61 1/2 x W: 25 3/8 x D: 6215 9/16 in. (156.2 x 64.5 x 39.5 cm)
style
Gothic
Source extras
cul
Burgundian
med
limestone
creator_ids
5511
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
13
2064
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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no
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no