French 14th Century

Anonymous French 14th Century

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French 14th Century, Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours (incip. Passionis), 1390, pen and brown ink with gouache and gold leaf on vellum, Gift of Stanley and Wilhelmina Jashemski in honor of her parents, Professor Howard C. Feemster and Emma L. Feemster, 2009.87.1

Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours (incip. Passionis)

French 14th Century · 1390 · pen and brown ink with gouache and gold leaf on vellum ·  Accession ID  2009.87.1

French 14th Century, Great Seal of King Charles V, model 1364, cast probably 17th century, lead, Gift of Mark Wilchusky in honor of Douglas Lewis and Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1995.49.1

Great Seal of King Charles V

French 14th Century · model 1364, cast probably 17th century · lead ·  Accession ID  1995.49.1

A crowned woman and the baby she holds on one hip are carved from white marble in this freestanding sculpture. The woman has a round face with a long nose and slightly smiling lips. Her long curly hair is parted down the middle and held back under a high crown made of spade-shaped acanthus leaves. A cloth covers her head and drapes over her shoulders and across her hips. Divots are carved along the lower hem of the cloth. The dress she wears underneath has three circular openings along the squared neckline, and pointy-toed shoes peek out from under the hem of the long skirt. She holds the stem of a now-broken frond in her right hand, to our left, by that hip. Her other hand supports the baby. He has a round face, short, wavy hair, wide-set eyes, chubby cheeks, a delicate nose, and his lips are parted. His torso is nude, and a cloth wraps around his hips and falls in folds around his bare feet. His left arm, to our right, is missing beyond the shoulder. He leans the other elbow against the woman’s chest, and the lower arm is missing beyond that. The sculpture is photographed against a pale gray background.
French 14th Century, Virgin and Child, c. 1325/1350, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.99

Virgin and Child

French 14th Century · c. 1325/1350 · marble ·  Accession ID  1961.9.99

French 14th Century, Seated Apostle, 14th century, limestone, Gift of Roy and Cecily Langdale Davis in honor of Robert M. Kulicke, 2005.112.1

Seated Apostle

French 14th Century · 14th century · limestone ·  Accession ID  2005.112.1