A photograph of a statue of the Virgin and Child created in Lichtenthal, Baden, Germany has the virgin wearing a headscarf and robes as she is seated in a chair holding baby Jesus on her lap. Jesus, with a full head of hair, is turned on his side out toward the viewers, wearing a diaper and holding an object in his hand. It was on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Cloisters in New York in December 1953.
December 19-20, 1953
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Typewritten note attached to the back, MM25053. "FOR RELEASE: P.M. Saturday, December 19, 1953. A.M. Saturday, December 20, 1953. Photograph of Virgin and Child in the Convent of Lichtenthal, Baden, Germany, which originally belonged with the Three Kings forming the central part of a great altarpiece. Full-size photograph of the Virgin and Child is now on display at The Cloisters. German (Ulm School), Second half 15th century. Linden wood, poly chromed and gilt. H. 48 in. Photograph courtesy of the Convent of Lichtenthal.
