Virgin and Child
The Virgin tramples a quasi-human winged serpent, an allusion to her triumph over the devil, as foretold in Genesis (3:15): “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed; she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.”
Artwork Details
- Title: Virgin and Child
- Date: ca. 1275–1300
- Geography: Made in France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Elephant ivory with paint
- Dimensions: 14 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 5 in. (36.8 × 16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Other (weight): 11 lb. (5003g)
Other (cavity in bottom): 11/16 × 3/4 × 1 13/16 in. (1.8 × 1.9 × 4.6 cm) - Classification: Ivories-Elephant
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.295
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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