Virgin and Child

Description The tender interaction between this Virgin and Child is characteristic of Gothic devotional art, as are their serene, smiling expressions and the graceful drapery folds. Testifying to the fragile nature of ivory, the head of the Child has been restored, and the silver crown of the Virgin replaces a lost one of gold.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/19/1958	Treatment	cleaned; repaired
6/10/1997	Treatment	stabilized

Exhibitions

• Medieval Art. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa. 1965.
• Images of Devotion: Personal Piety in Medieval Manuscripts and Ivories. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997.
• Sonya Clark: Loose Strands, Tight Knots. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

Provenance Carlo Micheli (Micaëli), Paris; Dr. de Saint Germain, Paris; Henri Daguerre, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922