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Small pale ivory sculpture of a crowned Virgin holding the Christ Child, standing on a crescent moon against a gray background.

Virgin and Child

A small ivory sculpture shows the Virgin crowned and draped in a flowing mantle, holding the Christ Child at her side while she stands on a crescent moon. Fine carved folds fall from her figure to the base, and the pale, smooth surface catches soft light against a gray background.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 16th century
Medium
Ivory
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2882 × 3842 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923

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