Virgin and Child | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1027
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Virgin and Child
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c. 1350
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Ile-de-France
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230166

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Limestone, micrite, with traces of polychrome
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: 117.7 x 37.2 x 24 cm (46 5/16 x 14 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Demotte, Inc., New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1027

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

"Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 37, repr.
Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 101 p. 135, repr.

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