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French Gothic ivory Virgin and Child

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An image of Sculpture / Figure. Virgin and Child. The Virgin is crowned and seated on a throne. The Child stands on the throne beside her on her right. Her right arm is placed around the Child's shoulders. Ivory, carved, height, whole, 10.0 cm, width, whole, 4.6 cm, circa 1200-1300. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Sculpture / Figure. Virgin and Child. The Virgin is crowned and seated on a throne. The Child stands on the throne beside her on her right. Her right arm is placed around the Child's shoulders. Ivory, carved, height, whole, 10.0 cm, width, whole, 4.6 cm, circa 1200-1300. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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  • Accession Number: M.6-1918
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 704 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 353.23kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:31 12:16:46

Key words

13th Century Baby Jesus Bible biblical carved Christ Christ child figure Fitz_AA French Gothic infant Christ ivory Jesus Madonna Marian Mary Medieval mother mother and child religion religious sculpture throne Virgin and Child Virgin Mary

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rgb(168,168,167), rgb(126,97,62), rgb(231,219,188), rgb(235,232,220), rgb(86,93,94), rgb(132,121,104), rgb(217,195,151), rgb(115,115,116), rgb(123,124,124), rgb(145,140,129), rgb(82,83,89)

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