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Virgin and Child Enthroned

Manner of Christoph Angermair German
ca. 1600
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 520
The elongated proportions of this statuette and the whorls of the Christ Child’s coiffure reveal a debt to the Mannerist style brought to Germany from Italy by the Munich court sculptors Hubert Gerhard and Hans Reichl. Although they both worked primarily in bronze, they influenced Angermair, a court sculptor to Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria, who specialized in small-scale ivory carvings for wealthy princes and merchants. Natural philosophy connected material to the divine, so ivory statuettes of religious figures were an appropriate addition to collectors’ Kunstkammern.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child Enthroned
  • Artist: Manner of Christoph Angermair (German, ca. 1580–1633)
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Ivory
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 11 1/2 × 6 11/16 × 2 7/8 in. (29.2 × 17 × 7.3 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
  • Object Number: 24.80.93
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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