Inv. 2491
Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo Lactans); Christ half-kneeling in the Virgin's lap; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; crown; bench.
Verzeichnis 1930: French, 14th century.
Schenkluhn 1987 and Museum's opinion 2012: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: hair, inside the Virgin's veil.
Reverse
Carved in the round.Inscription: 'X-18074' (former inventory number).
Object Condition
Cracked.
Chipped around the base.
A small hole in the child's hair; a drill hole in the base. Crosshatching under the base.
Provenance
In the old inventory.
Bibliography
Städtische Galerie zu Frankfurt am Main. Skulpturensammlung im Liebieghaus. Kurzes Verzeichnis der Bildwerke (Frankfurt am Main, 1930), p. 126, no. X 18074.
W. Schenkluhn, Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. I: Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Melsungen, 1987), no. 39, pp. 78-79.
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