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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Child - Walters 71163.jpg The small seated Madonna with a standing Christ Child displays unusual geometric drapery folds and profiles The Virgin's long robe falls to the ground and the Child is framed with drapery The faces are somewhat pinched and the Child is unusually thin and vivacious The gilt-copper crown is original The left arm of the Child is broken and there are two later holes in the Virgin's skirt for attachment by wooden pins to the bone support which is probably Scandinavian work of the 18th century 4th quarter 14th century Medieval ivory gilt-copper cm 11 accession number 71 163 11229 A André Paris date and mode of acqusition unknown A André Sale Paris April 23-24 1920 lot 256 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1922 place of origin 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 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
