The Virgin and Child: on view at Victoria and Albert Museum

Here the Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child in both arms. The circlet on her head has five small drilled holes on its upper edge. These originally held carved decoration. The Christ Child wears a long gold tunic and holds a large pear in his hands. The Virgin's robe is red and her mantle is gilded. Elsewhere there are remains of decoration.This includes punched and incised decoration around a small part of the hem of the Virgin's mantle. Here there are also faint traces of two letters in red (possibly MA).

This statuette is in many ways typical of sculpture made in Malines (Mechelen, Belgium). However, the pose of the Christ Child is slightly different from most Maline's examples and the Virgin Mary has a slightly more doll-like face.

The Virgin and Child

About the sculpture

Particulars

In the same room · Medieval & Renaissance, Room 10, Victoria and Albert Museum

On the same theme · Christianity

Yes, receiving visitors

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

The Virgin and Child, ca. 1510

The Virgin and Child, ca. 1500-1510

St Francis, ca. 1500-1525

Virgin and Child, ca. 1500

St Anne with the Virgin and Child, ca. 1500-1520

St Anthony of Padua with a Nun, ca. 1500

St Barbara, ca. 1500

Statuettes of St Barbara and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1490 to 1500

White Crucifixion, 1938

Crucifixion of Christ, 1627

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79

Saint George and the Dragon, 1434/35

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1515

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1455

The Resurrection, c. 1619-20