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Devotional Statuette of the Virgin and Child
(Renaissance Europe )
Small, simply carved, painted wooden statuettes of the Virgin and also of popular saints were produced in great numbers by workshops in and around Mechelen. They were decorative and inexpensive and therefore ideal for the home as aides to personal devotions.
Provenance
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Léon Gruel, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Belgium, Brabant
(Place of Origin)
Belgium, Mechelen (Place of Origin)
Measurements
16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
61.70