About the Artwork
Virgin Enthroned
12th or 13th century
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Spanish
Spanish
Wood with gesso, polychromy, and gold and silver leaf
32 1/2 × 12 3/8 × 9 5/16 inches, 19.2 pounds (82.5 × 31.5 × 23.6 cm, 8.7 kg)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Trent McMath
66.195
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Until 1927, (Celestino Dupont, Seville, Spain)
1927-1960, purchased by Julius Henry and Lilian Henkel Haass [1897-1960], (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1960-1966, Constance Haass McMath, by descent
1966-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gillerman, Dorothy, Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II. The Museums of the Midwest, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2001, p. 174, no. 132.
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Spanish, Virgin Enthroned, 12th or 13th century, wood with gesso, polychromy, and gold and silver leaf. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Trent McMath, 66.195.
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