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Virgin and Child

1345
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
In 1345 the Beguines (a religious order of lay women) of Saint Catherine at Diest paid two pounds for this sculpture, which originally stood on the high altar of the church. A copy remains there today.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child
  • Date: 1345
  • Culture: South Netherlandish
  • Medium: Marble with traces of gilding
  • Dimensions: 46 × 16 × 8 3/4 in. (116.8 × 40.6 × 22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.215
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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