Virgin and Child
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Où est « Virgin and Child » aujourd’hui ? Victoria and Albert Museum, Medieval & Renaissance, Room 50a, The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery, Londres. Oui, exposée actuellement. Vérifié 25 septembre 2026.
Londres, Royaume-Uni
SalleMedieval & Renaissance, Room 50a, The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery
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À propos de la sculpture
This lunette, carved for an unidentified convent, depicts two nuns. The one kneeling on the Virgin’s right holds a crosier, or staff, which suggests that she is the abbess. The sculpture signified that the building belonged to a monastic order. The two kneeling nuns are the donors. It was common practice for people to pay for objects or decoration in a church, partly to show their piety but also to reduce their time in Purgatory. The shape and imagery of this relief, and the presence of the nuns, suggests that it comes from an external doorway in a convent church.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- A.141-1956
Ce qu’elle montre
Au catalogue
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image : Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
