Virgin and Child

Description This crisply carved devotional statue was once completed by a throne and a gold crown for the Virgin. She rests her feet on a small dragon, symbolizing conquered evil, while the Christ Child raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing.

Conservation

Small accretion of modern material removed mechanically

Date	Description	Narrative
3/27/1990	Examination	examined for condition
6/03/1999	Technical Report	examined for technical study
6/07/1999	Treatment	other
7/30/2019	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Medieval Trans-Saharan Exchange. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston; Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 2019-2022.

Provenance Henri Daguerre, Paris; Hector Economos, Paris, before 1913; Jacques Seligmann, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922