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On acquisition the statuette was believed to be Flemish, from the end of 15th or early 16th century. It remained unpublished until 1981, when it was included in the Dürer revival exhibition in Frankfurt as a retrospective piece of the early 17th century and said to derive from a painting by Cranach in Innsbruck. Everything here though points to a nineteenth-century origin. For instance, the facture of the piece, with no obvious signs of wear or of fixing to a background, is inconsistent with a late medieval date. The figure demonstrates a mixing of sources by the nineteenth century forger. \n\nThree dimensional images of the Virgin and Child were ubiquitous from the 12th to the 15thh centuries, produced in a wide range of materials and sizes and testifying to the overwhelming devotion to the Virgin. Together with the Crucifixion, statues and statuettes of the Virgin and Child were the principal objects of devotion in the Christian Church, and vast numbers were made for ecclesiastical, monastic and private worship.","physicalDescription":"The Virgin, with long hair and dressed in a voluminous garment, is seated sideways on a backless throne with tasseled cushion and holding the Child in her arms. He supports himself with his right foot and steps forward, his hands on each side of the Virgin's neck. The Virgin wears a veil over her flowing locks. 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Walter Sneyd (1809-88), Keele Hall, Staffordshire; Keele Hall Heirlooms Sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 1902, lot 29 (bought Litchfield, £1 11s 6d); collection of John McAndrew; McAndrew Sale, Christie's, London, 2 December 1925, lot 151 (sold with Mus. No. A.16-1949; bought Pelham, £57 15s); Dr W.L. Hildburgh collection, London; given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh F.S.A. in 1949; formerly on loan from Dr Hildburgh.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, ivory, the Virgin and Child, Germany, 19th century forgery in the style of the late 15th, early 16th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Theuerkauff, C. <font -u>Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16.-19. Jahrhunderts. 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