Virgin and Child

Unknown

mid-15th century · Ivory · Medieval Art

Offering a bunch of grapes symbolizing the Eucharist, this Virgin and Christ child must have originally been set in the center of a tabernacle. More complete tabernacles including episodes of the life of Christ on the wings seem to have been a specialty of the vicinity of Utrecht.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-15th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

North Netherlandish

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1936