Virgin and Child

18th century H: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm) Citation Source image

In this piece, the Madonna balances the Christ Child on her knee as she extracts an apple from a basket of fruit at her feet. At the left, an angel also presents a fruit.This relief has been associated with a south Italian, late Baroque tradition of miniature ivory carving rep...

Sculpture

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id
703
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contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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Medium
ivory
Genre
reliefs

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