The Virgin and Child, with Saints Dorothy and Catherine

An image of Sculpture / Figure Group. The Virgin and Child with St Dorothy and St Catherine. Virgin and Child seated on a throne with high back, on the top of which stand four small music-making angels. On the left, St Dorothy holding a basket of roses, and on the right, St Catherine with wheel and sword. Carved ivory in the round, height, ivory, 18.9 cm, height, ivory and base, 22.5 cm, circa 1470-1530. German or Spanish.

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Sculpture / Figure Group. The Virgin and Child with St Dorothy and St Catherine. Virgin and Child seated on a throne with high back, on the top of which stand four small music-making angels. On the left, St Dorothy holding a basket of roses, and on the right, St Catherine with wheel and sword. Carved ivory in the round, height, ivory, 18.9 cm, height, ivory and base, 22.5 cm, circa 1470-1530. German or Spanish.

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Accession Number: M.19-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 699 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 449.07kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2013:01:23 10:48:01

Key words

15th Century 16th Century angels Baby Jesus carved Catholic Christ Christ child crown crowned enthroned female figure figure group Fitz_AA German infant Christ ivory Jesus Madonna Marian Mary mother mother and child music musician Northern Renaissance religion religious Renaissance Saint Catherine of Alexandria saints sculpture Spanish St Catherine St Dorothy throne Virgin and Child Virgin Mary

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