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Standing Virgin and Child

Attributed to Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden North Netherlandish
ca. 1470
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 13

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Standing Virgin and Child
  • Artist:
    Attributed to Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden (North Netherlandish, active Strasbourg, ca. 1462–died 1473 Vienna)
  • Date:
    ca. 1470
  • Geography:
    Made in probably Vienna, Austria
  • Culture:
    Austrian
  • Medium:
    Boxwood, tinted lips and eyes
  • Dimensions:
    13 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (33.6 x 13 x 9.1 cm)
  • Classification:
    Sculpture-Wood
  • Credit Line:
    Purchase, The Cloisters Collection and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1996
  • Object Number:
    1996.14
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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