Christ Preaching

Maker Unknown, Flemish, 17th Century

Additional Title(s)

"Suffer the little children to come unto me."

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Dateca. 1630 - 1670

Mediummaple

Dimensionsoverall: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (31.8 x 26.7 cm.)

DescriptionThis wood panel portrays a scene from the Gospels in which Christ is shown preaching and talking to a woman holding a child and sitting in front of him.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection

Status

On view

Object number2007.17.5

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