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Virgin and Child
Production: Unknown
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
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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
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Virgin and Child" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/31675 Accessed: 2023-02-01 18:06:11
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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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