  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  While displaying an open book to the viewer, the Christ child turns to gaze at his mother. This sculpture, with its softly modeled drapery and graceful posture, is undoubtedly similar to the French examples that inspired the lyricism of Nino Pisano&acirc;&#128;&#153;s Virgin (DIA acc. no. 27.150). The sculpture is characteristic of French Gothic art of the fourteenth century, when Paris played a dominant role in Europe. Paris was the capital of the powerful Capetian monarchy, the seat of a bishop, the site of a great university, and a major trade center. This elegant &acirc;&#128;&#156;Court Style&acirc;&#128;&#157; was highly influential across Europe during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
  
  
  Title
  Virgin and Child
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1325 and 1350
  
  Artist
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  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  French
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Marble with traces of polychromy
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 40 &Atilde;&#151; 14 &Atilde;&#151; 8 1/2 inches (101.6 &Atilde;&#151; 35.6 &Atilde;&#151; 21.6 cm)
  Overall (pedestal): 40 1/2 &Atilde;&#151; 29 &Atilde;&#151; 25 inches (102.9 &Atilde;&#151; 73.7 &Atilde;&#151; 63.5 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  40.1
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
