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FRENCH, PROBABLY BURGUNDY, FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY | VIRGIN AND CHILD

Auction Closed

July 2, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

FRENCH, PROBABLY BURGUNDY, FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY

VIRGIN AND CHILD 


polychromed stone

72cm., 28⅜in. 

Compare to a Virgin and Child in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, attributed to Claus de Werve (inv. no. 33.23), which shows similarly broad faces with introverted expression, indicating an origin in Burgundy for the present lot. 


An expertise by Dr Marieke van Vlierden is available from the department upon request