About the Artwork
Virgin and Child
ca. 1420-1430
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German
German
Wood with traces of polychromy and gilding
Including base: 36 7/8 × 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 inches (93.7 × 29.9 × 23 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth
48.393
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Provenance
until 1919, (Steinmeyer and Son, Cologne, Germany)
1919-1921, Steinmeyer collection (Lucerne, Switzerland)
1921-1931, Ralph H. Booth [1873-1931] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1931-1948, Mrs. Ralph H. Booth (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Demmler, T. "German Gothic Sculptures in the Ralph N. [sic] Booth Collection, Detroit," Art in America 9, no. 4, pp. 164–70; p. 164 (ill.).
Gillerman, D. Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II, The Museums of the Midwest, (Turnhout, 2001), p. 149-150; p. 150, no. 113. (ill.).
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German, Virgin and Child, ca. 1420-1430, wood with traces of polychromy and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 48.393.
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