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These figures (see also 47.3.2) originally stood at the foot of a Crucifixion, as in the complete ivory ensemble in a nearby case. Despite the Gothicizing face of Saint John, the full classical drapery and the firm sense of the bodies beneath suggest an artist open to Renaissance innovations.
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Title: The Virgin Mary
Date: ca. 1560
Culture: Flemish
Medium: Boxwood
Dimensions: Height: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1947
Object Number: 47.3.1
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