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German ivory Virgin and Child

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An image of Sculpture/Figure. Virgin and Child. Ivory carved in the round, height, whole, 7 1/4 inches, circa 1600-1700. Germany (south). From a provincial workshop.

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Sculpture/Figure. Virgin and Child. Ivory carved in the round, height, whole, 7 1/4 inches, circa 1600-1700. Germany (south). From a provincial workshop.

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  • Accession Number: M.14-1950
  • 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: 671 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 355.59kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:30 16:20:02

Key words

17th Century Baby Jesus carved Christ Christ child crown crowned drapery figure Fitz_AA German infant Christ Jesus Madonna mantle Marian Mary mother mother and child religion religious sculpture Virgin and Child Virgin Mary

Colours in this image

rgb(156,155,152), rgb(230,212,176), rgb(67,68,68), rgb(55,51,49), rgb(203,204,201), rgb(87,87,87), rgb(133,98,56), rgb(88,51,28), rgb(196,196,196), rgb(109,107,106), rgb(169,136,88)

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