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| Keywords: Mosan - Virgin and Child - Walters 71241.jpg The standing figure of the Virgin is very thin almost pointed at the sides Her drapery is fully developed on the back displaying a complex series of folds at the haunch and at the bottom of the skirt The head veil is carefully carved in overlapping folds There is a rectangular hole in the center of the back for attachment to a shrine The carver of this ivory was working outside the conventional formulas of French sculpture with the wide unusual sweep of apron-style drapery across the figure of the Virgin and the free-floating pendant of drapery hanging from her right sleeve which breaks the outline of the figure The hands and wrists are unusually delicate and the Virgin stares vacantly into space These features relate the ivory to a group of marble sculptures showing unusual treatment of the drapery from 1340 to about 1370 Unlike the eyes of the marble figures which were probably painted the pupils of the eyes of the ivory are drilled The Virgin's crown and the Child's head are missing The Virgin's skirt has a large chip in the center from the iron spike of the later copper-gilt base several minor chips and a truncated toe of each foot Considerable traces of red paint may be seen on the rear of the Virgin's robe The Child's left hand which holds an apple is an old replacement in wood with traces of polychrome 3rd quarter 14th century Medieval ivory polychromy copper-gilt base wood cm 20 4 accession number 71 241 4357 Brizard Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown Jacques Seligmann Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin Belgium Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Madonna and Child Maasland Limburg Madonna with apple | ||||
