Front Mould of a Virgin and Child

anonymous, c. 1425 - c. 1450

Mal van pijpaarde voor de voorzijde van een Maria met kind.

  • Artwork typemould
  • Object numberBK-C-2018-2
  • Dimensionsheight 28.2 cm x width 11.7 cm x depth 4.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicspipeclay

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Front Mould of a Virgin and Child
    • Two fragments of a clay mould

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-C-2018-2

  • Description

    Mal van pijpaarde voor de voorzijde van een Maria met kind.

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Creation

  • Creation

    'statue-squeezer': anonymous, Utrecht

  • Dating

    c. 1425 - c. 1450

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pipeclay

  • Dimensions

    height 28.2 cm x width 11.7 cm x depth 4.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    BK-KOG-585 (top section of BK-C-2018-2):
    …; excavated during the demolition of the city ramparts near the Tolsteegpoort, Utrecht, c. 1844;{J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, _Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum_, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 867.} …; donated to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap by J.P. Menger, 1859; on loan to the museum, since 1885

    BK-NM-8530-2 (bottom section of BK-C-2018-2):
    …; excavated during the demolition of the city ramparts near the Tolsteegpoort, Utrecht, c. 1844;{J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, _Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum_, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 867.} donated to the museum by the municipality of Utrecht, 1888

Documentation

  • I. Reesing, Notre Dame de Foy: the reuse and dissemination of a late medieval figurine of the Virgin in the Low Countries, Simiolus Volume 33, nr. 3 (2007/2008), p. 147, afb. 3

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