SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, MID 16TH CENTURY | VIRGIN AND CHILD
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July 9, 02:43 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, MID 16TH CENTURY
VIRGIN AND CHILD
gilt bronze, on a metal base
bronze: 7cm., 2¾in.
base: 7.5cm., 3in.
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Joseph Altounian, Macon, France
The present jewel-like statuette of the Virgin and Child would have been intended as an object of private devotion. Statuettes of the present type were cast throughout Flanders, the trade of which was concentrated in Malines, where this group may also have originated.