About the Artwork
The Virgin
ca. 1430
Hans von Judenberg
active 1411 - 1424
Austrian
Unknown
Wood with polychromy and gilding
Overall: 20 × 6 7/8 × 5 1/4 inches (50.8 × 17.5 × 13.4 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Charles E. Murphy, Simon J. Murphy, Jr., William H. Murphy, Frank E. Murphy and The Estate of Albert M. Murphy in memory of Annie Dorr Murphy
45.21
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
until 1914, Cistercian Abbey of Zwettl (Zwettl, Austria)
after 1914, (Frederick Mondschein, New York, New York, USA)
(Arnold Seligman, Rey, and Co., New York, New York, USA)
Charles E. Murphy
1945-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 31, nos. 3 and 4 (1951-1952): p. 77 (ill.).
Gillerman, D. Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II. The Museums of the Midwest. Turnhout, 2001, pp. 124-126; p. 125, no. 94 (ill.).
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circle of Hans von Judenberg, The Virgin, ca. 1430, wood with polychromy and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Murphy, Simon J. Murphy, Jr., William H. Murphy, et al., 45.21.
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