Virgin and Child, Fragment, On a ground, transforming into a hexagonal profiled pedestal with arcades and niches, Maria stands on a crescent moon, the left knee bent. She carries on the right arm the half-lying Christ child, dressed in a shirt, of which she has a foot in her left hand. The child lays his left hand on Mary's bosom and holds fruit in the other. A nimbus behind the child's head. Mary's hair appears under the veil, which is covered with a pleated strip. Her robe, pleated around the waist, shows an embroidered round neckline. The fur-lined cloak that is turned to the left is included under the right arm. The shirt of the child with folded sleeves also has embroidered hems, Madonna on the crescent of the moon (sometimes called Queen of Heaven) (in mandorla), Diepenveen, anonymous, c. 1450, pipe clay, h 17.5 cm × w 8.5 cm × d 3.5 cm
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Virgin, Child, Fragment, ground, transforming, hexagonal profiled pedestal, arcades, niches, Maria stands, crescent moon, left knee bent, carries, right arm, half-lying Christ child, dressed, shirt, foot, left hand, child lays, Mary's bosom, holds fruit, nimbus, child's head, Mary's hair, under, veil, covered, pleated strip, robe, pleated, waist, embroidered round neckline, fur-lined cloak, turned, left, included under, child, folded sleeves, embroidered hems, Madonna, crescent, moon, sometimes, Queen, Heaven, mandorla, Diepenveen, c, 1450, pipe clay
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