SculptureItalo-Byzantine12th-13th century

Virgin and Child Enthroned

c. 1200

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Relief

Medium

Wood

Culture

Italo-Byzantine

Century

12th-13th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

10.8 x 8.4 x 1.7 cm (4 1/4 x 3 5/16 x 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kalebdjian Frères, Paris], sold, to Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, 1923, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969

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