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Mourning Virgin

1510–20
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 099
This single figure was probably part of a combined Deposition and Lamentation scene, in which the body of Christ was presented to the Virgin.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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