Virgin

Joan Avesta

ca. 1370–90 · Alabaster, traces of gilt, paint · The Cloisters

Found near the medieval fortified Languedoc town of Carcassonne, this figure of the Virgin—the Child is lost—is the work of a documented local sculptor, Joan Avesta, who carved a number of important funerary monuments in southwestern France and in Catalonia. He worked first in Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Belpech and eventually at the Cathedral of Gerona.

Artist

Joan Avesta

Date

ca. 1370–90

Medium

Alabaster, traces of gilt, paint

Culture

French

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 1925