Claus de Werve / Standing Virgin / c. 1440

Claus de Werve
Standing Virgin
c. 1440
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Creator Name: Werve, Claus de
Creator Qualifier: Circle of
Creator Nationality: European; Netherlandish
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: c. 1380 - 1439
Biography: active in Burgundy (mostly Dijon) from 1396 until his death.
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Claus de Werve
Title: Standing Virgin
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1435
Creation End Date: 1445
Creation Date: c. 1440
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: painted and gilded limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 104.8cm
Inscriptions: inscriptions on reverse.
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1986.92
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: said to have been the long-standing property of a family near Dijon prior to its acquisition; (Ellin Mitchell Works of Art, New York).
Context: This sculpture was probably meant to stand in a Burgundian church. The figure of the Christ Child originally held by the Virgin was removed by vandals during the French Revolution (about 1790).
AMICA ID: CMA_.1986.92
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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