Virgin and Child
Unknown
ca. 1340–50 · Limestone, paint, gilt, glass · The Cloisters
This monumental image of the Virgin and Child is carved in the style of Parisian sculptures from about 1340. Here, the Christ Child playfully reaches for the Virgin's veil. Remarkably, the sculpture retains most of its original paint and gilding and appears today much as it would have in the fourteenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1340–50
- Medium
- Limestone, paint, gilt, glass
- Culture
- French
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Credit line
- The Cloisters Collection, 1937
