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| Keywords: Burgundian - Virgin and Child - Walters 27560.jpg Nearly life-size this masterpiece of Burgundian carving comes from a chapel in the cathedral of Besançon The Virgin and Child with their thick drapery weighty bodies and lack of ornament reflect the 15th-century movement away from the Gothic ideal of the elegant slender aristocrat towards greater realism and ordinary proportions The revolution was initiated in Dijon by the sculptor Claus Sluter in whose following this unknown master must be counted The Christ Child's ball represents the world and therefore his dominion over all things the paradox of the tiny child with infinite power expressed through a childish toy ca 1425 late Medieval limestone cm 156 2 64 5 39 5 accession number 27 560 40829 Cathedral of Besançon Mr Champy Chateau Saint-Apollinaire near Dijon 1906 by purchase Mr Décailly Chateau Saint-Apollinaire 1932 by inheritance Simon Le Grand Amsterdam 1938 by purchase Raphael Stora Paris and New York ca 1940 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1959 by purchase Museum purchase 1959 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Nottingham England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Burgundians Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Statues of the Madonna and Child | ||||
