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Virgin and Child

ca. 1425–30
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
This monumental stone sculpture is a rare late example of the Beautiful Style, which, though pervasive in central Europe about 1400, appeared only briefly among the evolving sculptural styles in the imperial free city of Nuremberg. This sculpture was mounted under a canopy on the exterior of a house in Nuremberg until World War II.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child
  • Date: ca. 1425–30
  • Geography: Made in Nuremberg
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Sandstone, polychromy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 57 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 15 in. (146 x 54 x 38.1 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ilse C. Hesslein, in memory of Hans G. Hesslein and the Hesslein family, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.340
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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