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Virgin and Child
Statues of the Virgin with her son on her arm often depict him holding an attribute in his hand, such as an apple, a globe or, as here, a bird. This is a reference to his suffering on the cross. According to one legend, a bird tried to take a thorn from the crown of thorns on Christ’s head.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/11F4122
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1350
- 1350
Place-Time
- second quarter 14th century
- third quarter 14th century
Places
- Normandië
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.22911
- Normandy
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.25338
- BK-1961-47
Extent
- height 123.0 cm
Format
- limestone
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Year
- 1350
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:32:01.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:05:52.782Z