http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/802506/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVirgin and Childabout 1640Jan van Doorne IIIWood, boxwoodAlthough formerly assigned to Augsburg, about 1570, this intriguing and sophisticated statuette reveals the classicism of the Mannerist style as it appeared in Flanders between the Renaissance and baroque periods. It is a product of the prolific workshop of Jan van Doorne III of Malines. A stylistically related boxwood statuette, in the Musée Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp, is dated 1640. The bunch of grapes held by the Christ Child is a common symbol of the Eucharist, and reminiscent of the bacchic putti in the work of Gerard van Obstal (1594-1668) and other contemporary sculptors. The madonna would have worn a metal crown to symbolize her role as Queen of Heaven.Sculpture21.6000000000 Centimeter5.7000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/48983/rdf