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Virgin and Child

Date:: ca. 1400–1425
Geography:: Made in Burgundy
Culture:: French
Medium:: Limestone with traces of paint
Dimensions:: Overall: 35 3/4 x 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (90.8 x 36.2 x 26 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
Accession Number:: 16.32.163

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 305

Description

This sculpture is inspired by Claus Sluter’s Virgin and Child on the trumeau (central pier of a doorway) of the portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, begun in 1390.
Provenance

Georges Hoentschel (French, Paris 1855–1915); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York
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Sculpture (24,342)

Stone (7,956)

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Europe (150,372)

France (49,614)

Burgundy (718)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,634)
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Medieval Art (6,711)
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France, 1400–1600 A.D.
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