Inv. 21.14
Seated Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a fruit in her right hand; Christ in long robe; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; bench.
Glasgow 1988: French or German, 1st half of the 14th century.
Glasgow Museums' opinion 2013: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: pink (flesh), gold (robes).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Demotte collection, early 20th century. Bought by Sir William Burrell from Mr John Hunt, 24 September 1936 for £85; given to the City of Glasgow by Sir William and Constance, Lady Burrell, in 1944.
Bibliography
The Burrell Collection: medieval tapestries, sculpture, stained glass with paintings, alabasters, ivories and metalwork, exhibition catalogue, 1977, no. 183.
Rarer Gifts than Gold: Fourteenth-Century Art in Scottish Collections, exhibition catalogue, Glasgow, Burrell Collection, 28 April-26 June 1988, no. 8, pp. 16-17.
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