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Virgin and Child with a Bird
(Medieval Europe )
This piece is carved in high relief, almost in the round. It was formerly affixed to a new marble slab, and has since been detached.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
M.le. Docteur L. de Saint Germain [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; m.le Docteur L. de Saint Germain Sale, Paris, May 29-30, 1902, no. 83; A. Seligman Ray & Company, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1962 | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1940 | Arts of the Middle Ages. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/6/1940 | Treatment | cleaned; mounted; other |
| 10/17/1952 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/3/1953 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/15/1961 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/17/1962 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 2/28/1974 | Treatment | loss compensation; repaired; other |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (36.3 x 21 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1920
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.14