Virgin and Child

anoniem, anonymous, anoniem, anonymous, after 1609

After 1609, mass-produced pipe-clay statuettes of the Virgin underwent a revival. In that year, a medieval statue from Utrecht was found at Foy in the Ardennes when an old oak was felled. The miraculous power of the Notre-Dame de Foy attracted countless pilgrims for whom statues such as this one, based on a medieval model, were made as luxury souvenirs.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-2005-1
  • Dimensionsheight 17.9 cm x width 6.1 cm x depth 3.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicsongebakken klei met originele polychromie