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A sculpted group in fine limestone with significant traces of original polychromy.
France, Lorraine, early 14th century.
Height: 82.5 cm
(Visible damage and losses; restoration work on both necks and the body of Christ; the Virgin’s right hand is missing)
– Christie’s London, 4 July 1995, lot no.
144.– Private collection, New York.
– P. Williamson, Northern Gothic Sculpture 1200–1450, London, 1988, pp. 74–77, no
. 18 – T. Demmler, Die Bildwerke in Holz, Stein und Ton, Berlin, 1930, pp. 30–31, no. 7689
Williamson, having studied a comparable Virgin and Child (see bibliography), suggests that this work was produced in Lorraine around 1310–1330. Whilst very similar works have sometimes been attributed to the Meuse Valley or Cologne, it seems more likely that they originated in Lorraine. Another closely related group, now in Berlin (see bibliography), also attributed to Lorraine around 1330, displays the same characteristics: a face with square features and a supple posture, marked by a swaying of the hips and the straight leg extended to the side, which is found in the other two Madonnas.