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| Keywords: Indian - The Christ Child as Good Shepherd - Walters 71324.jpg This popular compositional type of carved ivory statuette depicting the Good Shepherd was apparently invented in Goa west coast of India a Jesuit training center for missionaries At the bottom Christ's follower Mary Magdalene reads scriptures in a mountain cave where according to legend she retired in later life Above is a fountain of life suggestive of baptism with doves and lambs and at the top is the meditative figure of the Christ Child sitting with a lamb between 1600 1650 carved ivory cm 17 4 accession number 71 324 8897 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Goa India Walters Art Museum license Sculptures from India in the Walters Art Museum Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ivory sculptures in India Doves in Christian art Christian art in India Sculptures from Goa Ivory statuettes of the Christ Child as the Good Shepherd | ||||
