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No one is certain what this was. This Virgin and Child may have been set on a small altarpiece or in a niche. It may have been fixed to a lectern or a large candelabra used at Easter. \r\nThe metalworkers of the South Netherlands were active throughout the Middle Ages. The foundries of the Meuse Valley  were particularly famous, especially those of Dinant. Brass work  became known as 'Dinanderie' as a result of their fame. In the Middle Ages people used the words 'brass' and 'bronze' interchangeably.\r\nThe devotional image is typical of the area around Brabant at the end of the 15th century.","physicalDescription":"Cast in one and hollow with thick walls, this statuette was obviously meant to be viewed from the front only, the two large square holes in the back presumably serving the purpose of securing the figure within its original setting.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"copper","id":"AAT11020"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Copper alloy, with dark brown patina","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AL5965"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"27 (VA)","id":"THES49835"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statuette","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Tournai","id":"x30946"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1450 - ca. 1480","earliest":"1445-01-01","latest":"1484-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"61","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"21.580","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"In the possession of the architect and garden designer Harold Peto (1854-1933) at Collingham Gardens, London, until 1896; purchased by the first Baron Rochdale (1866-1945) and passed to his son, the first Viscount Rochdale (1906-93); sold Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1987, lot 49; bought by the Museum from Jan Dirven, Eindhoven, in 1988 for £20,070.\n\nHistorical significance: The metalworkers of the South Netherlands were active throughout the Middle Ages, and the foundries of the Meuse Valley -especially those of Dinant (hence the generic term  Dinanderie for brass work) - were particularly celebrated. Other centres such as Tournaui and Brussels played a major role by the fifteenth century.","historicalContext":"The original context of the figure remains unclear. It may instead have been set on a small altarpiece or tabernacle; or alternatively it could have been fixed to one of the larger paschal candelabra or lectern.","briefDescription":"Statuette, bronze with dark brown patina, Virgin and Child, Belgium (Tournai, North Hainaut or Brussels), ca. 1450-1480","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williamson, Paul, <u>Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550</u>, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, cat. no 3."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williamson, Paul, \"Acquisition of Sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1986-1991\", in: <u>Burlington Magazine</u>, Dec. 1991, p. 878"}],"production":"Tournai, North Hainaut or Brussels","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Mary (Virgin Mary)","id":"N480"},{"text":"The Christ Child","id":"N1185"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"christianity","id":"AAT73711"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"The Virgin and Child\r\nAbout 1450–80\r\nSouthern Netherlands, Tournai or Brussels\r\nBronze\r\nMuseum no. 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