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The Virgin Mary

Manner of Germain Pilon French
ca. 1585–90
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 544
This figure comes from a Crucifixion group in which the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist would have flanked Christ on the Cross. The slender proportions and flowing drapery folds relate closely to Germain Pilon’s Mourning Virgin (ca. 1585), commissioned by Catherine de Médicis (1519–1589) for her funerary chapel at Saint-Denis.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Virgin Mary
  • Artist: Manner of Germain Pilon (French, Paris ca. 1525–1590 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1585–90
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Gilt bronze
  • Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lois and Anthony Blumka, in honor of Olga Raggio, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.437
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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