Virgin and Child

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Title Virgin and Child

Date Late 15th or early 16th century

Medium Oak with traces of pigment

Dimensions Overall: 33 x 13 x 9.5 in. (83.8 x 33 x 24.1 cm)
Base: 1 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (4.1 x 28.6 x 21.9 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Grete Sultan, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2009.88

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This sculpture may have been produced around Kalkar, a town in northwest Germany near the Dutch border where a woodcarving school flourished around 1500. Artists there were known for their unique treatment of eyes (almond shaped with prominent eyelids and brows) as well as their preference for carving in oak. This sculpture was once incorporated into a choir screen, a partition placed between the chancel and nave in medieval churches.

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"Virgin and Child | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2009.88