Figure of the Virgin and Child
On display
Boxwood figure of the Virgin and Child; she stands supporting the Child, who stands on a pillar in classicizing style. Her crown and his halo are of silver-gilt. The figures are set in an oblong octagonal silver-gilt base.
Details
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Title
Figure of the Virgin and Child
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Artist/maker
Maria Faydherbe (1587 - 1643) (goldsmith) -
Associated place
Mechelen (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1630 - 1640 -
Material and technique
boxwood, silver-gilt; carved
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Object type
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Dimensions
including base 16 cm (height) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.209
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015), 34
