Christ Child with Pelicans
Unknown
18th century · Ivory · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The Christ Child contemplates His sacrifice, symbolized by the pelican that feeds its young with its own blood. The pelican in her piety became an emblem of Christ's Passion and of the Eucharist.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 18th century
- Medium
- Ivory
- Culture
- probably Flemish
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
