The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary

Image credit: Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

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A headless standing figure. The willowy stance and shoe peeking out from under the drapery suggest a female figure. This charming statute was found in the early years of the twentieth century in the yard among a pile of broken altar table stones.

As the 1357 fraternity and the 1373 hospital were dedicated to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the 1430 Guild of Mercers burned candles annually before her, it is very likely that this represents the Virgin; and was defaced during the Reformation or the upheaval of the Civil War.

In 1997 the statue was placed on a plinth on the end wall of the chapel to the right of the altar, more or less the position for the image of a second patron saint (the left side would be for the primary patron saint, in this case Jesus Christ or the Holy Trinity).

Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

York

Title

The Virgin Mary

Date

14th C

Medium

limestone

Measurements

H 72 x W 32 x D 14 cm

Accession number

YORMA 365

Work type

Sculpture

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