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| Keywords: French - Saint Bridget of Sweden - Walters 27443.jpg Saint Bridget ca 1303-1373 was canonized for her great piety and her exemplary dedication to the poor Her greatest influence however was through her writings recording her visions of Christ These widely-circulated accounts-represented here by the book she carries-provided artists especially in northern Europe with sources for their imagery The remarkable suggestion of soft skin and mouth humanize the saint This treatment is a fine reflection of how 15th-century artists conveyed the new interest in inner spiritual states through a naturalistic rendering of surface characteristics In addition the large head and small lower portions of this figure suggest that it was meant to be seen from below ca 1430 1460 Late Medieval limestone with traces of paint cm 62 3 29 21 accession number 27 443 9626 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 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 | ||||
