Carved Statue of the Virgin Mary

Carved Statue of the Virgin Mary by Vera Van Voris

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.)

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.10180

About the Artist

Vera Van Voris

Vera Van Voris is an artist whose works have been preserved in museum collections in sufficient number to indicate a serious and sustained artistic practice, even though her biographical details — birth and death dates, nationality, and the particulars of her training — remain undocumented in the standard art-historical literature. Her distinctive name suggests possible Dutch or Central European h...

    Send Feedback