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Virgin and Child

ca. 1320–30
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child
  • Date: ca. 1320–30
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Elephant ivory with traces of paint and gold (modern wooden wooden and bone base)
  • Dimensions: without base: 12 15/16 × 4 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (32.8 × 11.1 × 9.5 cm)
    including base: 15 9/16 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (39.5 × 14 × 14 cm)
    Base: 2 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (6.7 × 14 × 14 cm)
  • Classification: Ivories-Elephant
  • Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
  • Object Number: 30.95.114a
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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