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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Child (from Marcigny) - Walters 71286.jpg The seated Virgin holds the standing Child in her lap He carries an apple and wears a copper-gilt crown The Virgin's and Child's gowns are painted red with gilt floral ornament the gilt patterns on the Child's gown being the richer The veil and mantle of the Virgin are blue with an overall pattern of eight-pointed stars The base and throne are gilt; the base has an added original block of unpainted wood which must have fitted into a base of another material An ivory plug in the Virgin's hip may be a repair of a flaw in the ivory A hole filled with a wooden peg which pierces the Child's chest and shoulder could have been for the attachment of the piece to a support at a later date There is evidence of two layers of similar paint The group was in the Priory of Marcigny until the 19th century and illustrates a type of polychromy common to many ivory statuettes 3rd quarter 14th century Medieval ivory wood polychromy cm 15 4 accession number 71 286 40392 Priory of Marcigny Saône-et-Loire until the 19th century Edouard Jeannez Collection Roanne date and mode of acquisition unknown Claudius Cote Lyons date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 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 Madonna with apple | ||||
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