Diptych with the Virgin and Child, and the Crucifixion

1350-1360 (Medieval)

26.2 cm 20.5 cm 1 cm

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On this diptych, the emotional quality of the Crucifixion is increased by the detail of the blood that spurts from Christ's side and pierces the Virgin's breast like a knife. This motif probably originated in Germany and was derived from the prophecy of the holy man Simeon (in...

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George de Waroquier, Toulouse; Sigismond Bardac, Paris; Arnold Seligmann, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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