Virgin and Child

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

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Virgin and Child

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2005-1

  • Description

    Maria met Kind, van lichtbruine gebakken klei, in dubbele mal gevormd. Gepolychromeerd aan de voorzijde met resten van vergulding en zeer gedetaillerde decoratie van onder andere Franse lelies; bovenzijde kroon met was gevuld.

Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: anonymous, Southern Netherlands
    • sculptor: anonymous, Dinant (possibly)

  • Dating

    after 1609

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ongebakken klei met originele polychromie

  • Dimensions

    height 17.9 cm x width 6.1 cm x depth 3.4 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2005

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • I. Reesing, Notre Dame de Foy: the reuse and dissemination of a late medieval figurine of the Virgin in the Low Countries, Simiolus Volume 33, nr. 3 (2007/2008), p. 146, afb. 1

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