Collections: European Art: Crowned Virgin and Christ Child

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Crowned Virgin and Christ Child

• Medium: Marble, silver, polychrome
• Geographical Locations:
  • Place made: Europe
  • Place made: Peru
• Dates: ca. 18th century
• Dimensions: Sculpture: 23 x 10 x 6in. (58.4 x 25.4 x 15.2cm)
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 48.206.30a-c
• Credit Line: Frank L. Babbott, Frank Sherman Benson, Carll H. de Silver, A. Augustus Healy, Caroline A.L. Pratt, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial, and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Funds
• Image: Overall, 48.206.30a-c.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Crowned Virgin and Christ Child, ca. 18th century. Marble, silver, polychrome, Sculpture: 23 x 10 x 6in. (58.4 x 25.4 x 15.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott, Frank Sherman Benson, Carll H. de Silver, A. Augustus Healy, Caroline A.L. Pratt, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial, and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Funds, 48.206.30a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.206.30a-c.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: White marble sculpture of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, who turns his face upward towards hers. Both Virgin and Child wear long flowing drapery, and posture of Virgin is gently curved in the Gothic style. Traces of polychromy on the Virgin's face. The Virgin and the Child each wear attached silver crowns (not permanently affixed). Sculpture is 48.206.30a, Virgin's crown is .30b, and Child's crown is .30c. Sculpture entered collection with a painted wooden cabinet (48.206.31).