Mourning Virgin

1510–20

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305

This single figure was probably part of a combined Deposition and Lamentation scene, in which the body of Christ was presented to the Virgin.

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Title: Mourning Virgin
Date: 1510–20
Geography: Made in Ulm, Swabia, Germany
Culture: South German
Medium: Limewood
Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 8 7/16 x 4 13/16 in. (33 x 21.4 x 12.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Wood
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Object Number: 09.141.4
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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