Virgin and Child Sheltering Supplicants under Her Cloak

ArtistAttributed to Peter Koellin (German, active circa 1450–1475)

Datecirca 1470

MediumLindenwood, polychrome, gold and silver leaf

Dimensions57 x 32 x 9 1/2 in. (144.8 x 81.3 x 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc.

Object numberG.61.13.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

ProvenanceJ & S Goldschmidt, Frankfurt (1911); Catsel (Castle?) Ettersburg, Hessia, Germany; private collection, Vienna; with Paul Drey Gallery, NY; sold to NCMA, 1961

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