Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ touching with his right hand the Virgin's chin; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a bird.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the flower stem the Virgin was holding.
Provenance
Purchased in 1945 from J. B. Neumann (dealer), New York, thanks to the R. T. Miller Fund.
Bibliography
Memorial Art Gallery Handbook (Rochester, 1961), p. 51 (ill. only).
Medieval Art in Upstate New York, ed. by P. Weiss, exhibition catalogue, Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, 1974, p. 32, fig. 17.
J. Russell, 'Three Cheers for Small Museums', in The New York Times, 17 April 1977, p. D 25 (with ill.).
D. Sutton, Treasures from Rochester, exhibition catalogue, New York, Wildenstein Galleries, 14 April-28 May 1977, p. 10 (with ill.).
S. P. Dodge, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester (New York, 1988), p. 52 (ill. only).
E. Brayer, Magnum Opus, Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, 1988), pp. 82, 84.
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