sarcophagus panel (deceased knight presented to the Virgin and Child by a monk)

sarcophagus panel (deceased knight presented to the Virgin and Child by a monk) , late 1300s

Where object was made: Republic of Venice (present-day Venice, or environs, Italy)

Material/technique: marble

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 58.4 x 40.6 cm
Weight (Weight): 127 lbs

Credit line: Gift of Allan Gerdau

Accession number: 1958.0021

Not on display

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"Corpus," Apr-2012, Kris Ercums
In this 14th-century carving, a deceased knight is presented to Mary and the infant Jesus by a sainted monk. It was probably a panel in the knight’s sarcophagus. In Medieval Europe, saints were seen as excellent intercessors for the living (or in this case, the recently deceased), to advocate on their behalf before the king and queen of Heaven. In this carving, the knight is smaller than the monk, who is smaller than the Virgin. Medieval artists often used hieratic scale to show the importance of figures in an image.