Art Institute of Chicago
Virgin and Child
Northern FrenchLinkedCulture matchlcp-8fc9a4bc1fd0
- Date
- c. 1245
- Medium
- Ivory
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 37398
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This seated Virgin and Child was carved in the middle of the 13th century, a time when private devotional practices became increasingly popular. In bedchambers or in small oratories, private domestic spaces set aside for prayer, images like this would have served as focal points for prayer and meditation. During the High Middle Ages, the Virgin was revered as a powerful intercessor between humanity and Christ. At the same time, she was also worshipped as the Queen of Heaven. Although the Virgin’s crown has been damaged and the gesture of her right hand is no longer clear, the figure group combines austere majesty and tenderness.
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- Credit line
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
- Provenance
- Octave Homberg (d. 1907), Paris [see Koechlin 1924]; by descent to his son, Octave Homberg, Paris [see source cited above]; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 3-5 June 1931, lot 128, to M. Brimo [see Times of London 1931]. Private collection, Paris, by 1947 [see Grodecki 1947]. Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, by 1964 [see Zurich 1964 exh. cat.]. Blumka Gallery, New York, by 1971; sold to the Art Institute, 1971.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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