Virgin and Child Gothic period Ile-de-France. Polychrome stone.

Beautiful Virgin with the goldfinch in limestone carved in the round with traces of polychromy. Mary holds in her hand the bird that the Child feeds. Our sculpture shows traces of ocher and blue polychromy and gilding on the hair and flowered crown. The Virgin is draped in a mantle with a significant side fall under the left arm and whose beautiful folds announce the end of the 14th century. The faces of the Virgin and the Child direct us towards a production from the Île-de-France.

Light and graceful sway of the Virgin's hips. This sculpture illustrates the persistence of the canons of Ile-de-France Gothic sculpture from the mid-14th century to the end of the century, and through its average size, the enthusiasm for works of devotion from the 14th century onwards.
Related work: Virgin with the goldfinch from the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours, former Octave Linet collection Inv. 1963-2-44.
Works consulted: Collectible medieval sculpture, Jacqueline Liévaux-Boccador Edouart Bresset, 1972 - Musée national du Louvre. Catalog of sculptures from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Modern Times. First part, Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vitry Paul, Paris, 1922 - Musée du Louvre French sculpture, Middle Ages, Baron Françoise, Paris, 1996.

Origin: Paris or Île-de-France

Medium: Limestone

Size: H:58.5cm

Period: 14th century

Condition: Good state of conservation, small losses and restorations

Price: on demand

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