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Standing Virgin
The collection record classifies this work as sculpture. It is dated c. 1440–1450. Recorded culture or place: Netherlands, active Dijon, 15th century.
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- Museum title
- Standing Virgin
- Date
- c. 1440–1450
- Culture / origin
- Netherlands, active Dijon, 15th century
- Materials and technique
- painted and gilded limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 104.8 cm (41 1/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380–1439)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1986.92
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This standing Virgin now lacks the child she once cradled in her left arm. The sculpture may have been damaged in the French Revolution by falling onto its face. It was carved from soft white limestone of a type known to be quarried at Asnières-lès-Dijon, near Champmol. The figure recalls many of the hallmarks of the style of Claus de Werve, a Netherlandish artist active at the court of Burgundy. The Virgin has a sweet, round face that is also smooth and fleshy, her eyelids droop pensively and she is engulfed in rich voluminous draperies that cascade in deep folds. This sculpture should be seen as a charming reflection of de Werve’s many Virgin and Child groups. It was probably carved by a follower closely acquainted with his style.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
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