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Virgin

Museum tags: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Location: 
Sala 015
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Collection: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Anonymous

Image of the Virgin with the Child, carved in wood, with remains of polychromy. The composition responds to the type ofSedes Sapientiae,or Seat of Wisdom, where the Virgin appears sat with the Child in the skirt, on Virgin's left side, in a totally frontal composition. Both figures are crowned. A part of the seat of honour, that would complete the group, is missing.

Dating: 
Primer terç del segle XIII
Dimensions: 
79 x 33,5 x 29 cm

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Acquisition: 

Plandiura Collection, purchased 1932

Inventory number: 
003924-000