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Reliquary Statuette of the Virgin and Child
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A small rectangular cavity in the back of this sculpture reveals that it was originally made to serve as a reliquary (a container for relics). In her left hand the Virgin holds a pear, a symbol of the peace and love of Christ.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineReliquary Statuette of the Virgin and Child, c. 1330. Austria, Salzburg. Painted lindenwood; overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1973.143
