Virgin and Child

ca. 1375 (Medieval)

26.7 cm 76 cm 19.1 cm

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This delicately carved statue probably comes from the church of Meulan, north of Paris, where it was intended to be seen in the round, as suggested by its fully carved back. The Virgin holds out a lily and supports the Child (holding a prayer book) with her left arm. Her mantl...

Sculpture

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5101
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[From the church at Meulan near Mantes, Seine et Oise]; Georges Joseph Demotte, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Gothic
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