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Its a typical example of the best sculpture executed in Troyes during the early sixteenth century. St Margaret is shown with her symbol of the dragon. Pregnant women called upon her to protect them in childbirth because of her miraculous escape from the belly of a dragon.","physicalDescription":"The saints stands, her hands clasped before her in prayer. Between her feet facing to the left uis a winged dragon which bites at her robe.Notable are the finely cut flower bandeau binding the hair which falls in waving curls over her shoulder.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"limestone","id":"AAT11286"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Limestone, carved","categories":[{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[{"text":"Renaissance","id":"AAT21140"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2009CP6020","2009CP6019","2009CP6016","2017JT8899"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"50B (VA)","id":"THES49780"},"free":"","case":"FS","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statue","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Troyes","id":"x35238"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1530-1540","earliest":"1530-01-01","latest":"1540-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased by the John Webb Trust","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"113","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"46.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"33","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Messrs. Wippel & Co. Ltd.\n\nHistorical significance: The statue, which was originally painted and gilded, is a typical example of the best sculpture executed in Troyes during the early sixteenth century. The attention of detail in the rendering of  garments and ornament and the roundet type of face with almond-shaped eyes are characteristic.","historicalContext":"From the church of St Germain, near Troyes.","briefDescription":"St Margaret and the Dragon; Stone French 16th cent","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Sculpture from Troyes in the Victoria and Albert Museum.</u> London, 1974."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cf. Koechlin, R. <font -u>La sculpture à Troyes et dans la Champagne méridionale au seizième siècle : étude sur la transition de l'art gothique à l'italianisme.</font> Paris, 1900. figs. 67, 68."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cf. <font -u>Le Musée de Cluny: la pierre, le marbre l'albâtre, la terre cuit.</font> Paris, 1895. no. 705."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cf. Aubert, M. <font -u> Description raisonnée des sculptures du Moyen-âge, de la Renaissance, et des temps modernes. 1, Moyen-âge / Musée national du Louvre.</font> Paris, 1950. vol I. no. 390. p. 273."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"St. Margaret","id":"N829"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["A.4-1947"],"accessionNumberNum":"4","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1947,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN8961","2019LU3705","2019LU0578"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-20","recordCreationDate":"2009-02-11","availableToBook":false}}