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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Child - Walters 71491 - Back.jpg The seated Virgin is crowned and holds a flower in her right hand The standing Christ Child who looks up at the spectator reaches for the flower with his right hand In his left hand he holds an apple The sturdy quality of the figures and the facial type recall the stone sculpture of Lorraine but it is possible that the ivory is a Parisian work with Lorraine overtones The silhouettes left by the polychromed decoration include a floral border on the Virgin's skirt and a design of large flowering branches across the back of the robe The rear of the throne is decorated with two tall elegant trefoil arches which were stained or painted and had a gilt outline now in white silhouette The flower is a restoration between 1340 1350 Medieval ivory cm 18 7 6 accession number 71 491 14619 L Cotteraeu Paris prior to 1900 by purchase Henri Daguerre Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1922 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 place of origin Lorraine France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures of Madonna and Child | ||||
