Stone Polychrome Sculpture Virgin and Child

 

 

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Stone Polychrome Sculpture Virgin and Child

Burgundia late 15^th / early 16^th Century, ca. 1500 A.D.

Stone Polychrome Sculpture Virgin and Child, an impressive and finely executed limestone late 15^th / early 16^th century stone sculpture of the Virgin and Child. The virgin’s head inclined forward with a crown, her eyes with serene expression, the robust Child resting against her on her left hand, with the original polychrome.

Reference:

A Erlande-Brandenburg, “L`Art Gothuique”, (Mazenod-Paris 1983), fig. 331, pp.412

An inferior Virgin and Child from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection illustrated by P. Williamson “Medieval Sculpture & Works of Art”, (London, 1987), fig. 12, pp. 74 & 75.

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