The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

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Virgin and Child

Date:: ca. 1260–70
Geography:: Made in Paris, France
Culture:: French
Medium:: Ivory with traces of gilding
Dimensions:: Overall (without base): 5 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (14.6 x 4.8 x 4 cm) Overall (with base): 7 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in. (19.2 x 6 x 4.6 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.175

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 304

Provenance

Le Fèbre-Bougon, Amiens; Félix Doistau (1846-1936); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Gilt (9,043)

Bone (6,328)

Ivory (5,389)

Statues (4,078)

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Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
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France, 1000–1400 A.D.

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