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Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Plaster with slip glaze
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Glessner House Museum 1800 South Prairie Avenue Chicago Illinois 60616 Accession Number: G68.1.12
Date:
Ca. 1850
Notes:
Chicago Architecture Foundation, 1990.
Glessner House Museum, 2012.
unsigned
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Low-relief carving of Madonna and child enthroned and visited by three gift-bearing Magi on left. Romanesque arch in background.
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Magi  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Nativity  Search this
Control number:
IAS 65700001
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_294595