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Ivory Virgin and Child with an Apple and a Rose in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009

Ivory Virgin and Child with an Apple and a Rose in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009
Ivory Virgin and Child with an Apple and a Rose
German
Carved about 1350-75

Accession # 17.190.203 a,b

This statuette depicts Jesus and his mother as the agents of human redemption. The rose Mary holds symbolizes her birth as that of the purest flower among the thorns of sin sown by Eve. The apple held by the blessing infant Jesus signifies his identity as the new Adam.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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