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            Seated Virgin and Child
Walnut with paint and gilding
French, Ile de France, ca. 1300-1350
The Cloisters Collection, 1925
The Virgin appears as an idealized court lady, with a high waist, a high forehead, and delicate features, and the Christ child is a robust, playful infant. This sculpture is said, without confirmation, to come from the royal abbey church of Saint Denis, north of Paris.

Head of a Youth
Limestone
French, Ile de France, ca 1230-50
From the royal abbey of Saint Denis
The Cloisters Collection, 2002
The young man wears a skullcap, a headdress often found in medieval depictions of scholars and clerks. His face is seen to best advantage when the sculpture is tilted forward. This and the round cut in the back imply that the head originally was attached to a concave background. Corbels with heads of cmparable style and size decorated the Gothic cloister of the royal abbey church of Saint Denis, north of Paris. Stone analysis suggests that this head, too, was carved for the Saint Denis cloister.
   

Taken on: August 13, 2014

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Sets appears in: • The Cloisters Museum

Camera: Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS, f/3.0, 1/30 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS
Aperture:	f/3.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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