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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Saint John - Walters 27274.jpg These mourning figures of the Virgin and St John originally stood beside a crucified Christ Although their bodies physically rest against each other their faces turn in opposite directions as if to indicate the isolation of grief While the simple yet elegant volumes point to an origin in northern France the remarkable eloquence of the emotional expression suggests the influence of the Netherlander Claus Sluter active in the duchy of Burgundy which included parts of present-day Belgium and France Body language is generally more restrained in stone sculpture than in wood sculpture But in the hands of a great artist emotional expression can be conveyed by stone even more powerfully than by the more expansive gestures possible with wood Both The Virgin and St John and the Mourner Walters 27 339 were part of larger sculpture ensembles yet an astonishing mastery of pathos permeates the individual pieces ca 1420 1440 Late Medieval limestone with paint cm 42 8 23 13 5 accession number 27 274 31065 Henri Daguerre Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
