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Virgin and Child
Limestone Head of Joseph
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 305
Regally enthroned and crowned as Queen of Heaven, the Virgin Mary wears contemporary clothing of the noble classes. Her mantle simulates brocade with a fur lining and gilded patterned borders, and her belt is placed high on the bodice following the fashin of the time. The sculpture may have been displayed in a castle chapel, a parish church, or a hospital.
Church of Saint-Chéron, Champagne, Marine(until 1883); Charles (?) Lemaire, Paris (sold 1938); [ Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York (1938–sold 1939)]
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