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At purchase it was attributed to Spain and catalogued as 'La Virgen de los Dolores', but then later thought to be German by Longhurst. The figure must have once been positioned at the foot of a cross. The style of this piece suggests it is more likely to be Spanish. Bought in Paris by John Charles Robinson (1824–1913), who was the 19th-century curator of sculpture. It is largely due to Robinson that the V&amp;A now houses one of the world's foremost collections of Renaissance sculpture. He travelled through Europe during the 1850s and 1860s, pursuing works of art then available on the market as a result of turbulent times in Italy, France and Spain. ","physicalDescription":"This ivory statuette represents the mourning Virgin, who is seated in the attitude of grief in robe and mantle, her hand upon her breast. The back is flat, with a shallow, partly rectangular cavity at the back of the head, probably where the cross would have been fixed from the crucifix group of which this must have formed a part. The base seems to have been sawn or shaved off, and a metal nail inset in the centre also appears to have been shaved flat. Scratches on the underside, as well as a drilled hole, were presumably made for fixing purposes. The right arm is missing from the shoulder, though the hand remains; the left forearm is also missing. The nose is damaged. 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Formerly catalogued as German, the style of this piece suggests it is more likely to be Spanish. Bought in Paris by John Charles Robinson (1824–1913) in 1863.\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, ivory, 'The Mourning Virgin', probably Spanish, ca. 1700","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1864 <u>In</u>: <u>Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I</u>. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 39"},{"reference":{"text":"Longhurst, Margaret H., <u>Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory</u>. Part II. 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