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Virgin and Child
Unknown
(Production)
Virgin and Child, carved in relief. The Virgin stands in an exaggerated swaying stance, holding the Child in her left arm. The Child holds a fruit in the left hand and with the right takes a flower (?) from the Virgin's right hand. The Virgin is crowned and wears a veil.
Given by Charles Fairfax Murray
Height: 10.0 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1917-05-10)
by
Murray, Charles Fairfax
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
-
Circa
1400
Carving : Ivory, carved in relief
Accession number: M.16-1917
Primary reference Number: 31675
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Virgin and Child"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/31675 Accessed: 2022-06-29 13:01:20
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Accession Number: M.14-1950
Accession Number: PD.46-1999
Accession Number: MAR.M.256-1912
Accession Number: 1757
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