Virgin
Found near the medieval fortified Languedoc town of Carcassonne, this figure of the Virgin—the Child is lost—is the work of a documented local sculptor, Joan Avesta, who carved a number of important funerary monuments in southwestern France and in Catalonia. He worked first in Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Belpech and eventually at the Cathedral of Gerona.
Artwork Details
- Title: Virgin
- Artist: Joan Avesta (Spanish, active Catalonia and southwest France, 1355–1390)
- Date: ca. 1370–90
- Culture: French
- Medium: Alabaster, traces of gilt, paint
- Dimensions: 25 9/16 × 9 7/8 × 8 5/8 in., 49 lb. (64.9 × 25.1 × 21.9 cm, 22.2 kg)
- Classifications: Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster
- Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
- Object Number: 25.120.368
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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