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London, Vereinigtes Königreich
SaalMedieval & Renaissance, Room 64a, The Robert H. Smith Gallery
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This terracotta relief was modelled by hand
and originally painted. The tender embrace
of mother and child suggests that it would
have hung in a bedchamber. The swag
contains what may be poppy heads. As a
symbol of fertility, they would have been
a suitable subject for a wife and mother.
Victoria and Albert Museum