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Statuette
Accession # 26.153
Artist Georg J. Lober
Title Statuette "Madonna"
Date 1925
Medium Silver and black stone
Dimensions 14 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 in., 9 lb. (36.5 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm, 4.1kg)
Marks Incised around bottom edge of silver base: "AMER. ART F.DRY. N.Y."
Signed Inscribed on proper right below figure: "GEORG LOBER 1925"
Credit Line Gift of Bruce Douglas
Location Visible Storage: Case 32, Shelf J (Sculpture)
Description Statuette of columnar figure of Madonna holding infant Christ, in Gothic style. She wears long robes with stylized drapery folds and a crown, Christ has a halo. Standing on half-dome atop stepped base with band of stylized foliate forms. Silver sculpture attached to simple black stone base that flares at bottom. Condition: Good, some accretions in crevices.