VIRGIN AND CHILD
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The picture is embroidered all over in colored glass beads. The picture is a half-length of the virgin adoring the sleeping Christ child in the foreground. In the upper left background is the boy St. John the Baptist holding a staff with a cross at the top and a ribbon.
- Object name:
- VIRGIN AND CHILD
- Made from:
- Beads
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 17.1 x 13.3 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 46.14
- Class:
- BEADWORK
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973