Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

This figure stands at 68 cm tall and is made from gilded silver, stones, pearls, and the earliest dated French translucent enamels.

However, during this time, King Charles commissioned the manuscript known as The Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux as a gift to his wife.

While Romanesque art had often used abstract images to convey complicated concepts, in later medieval Europe, artists increasingly focused on visually reproducing aspects of the world around them, embracing realism and naturalism, as can be seen in the proportions of figural works, and the details used to characterize humans, other animals, and plants.

Many of the sculptures created in this time period were owned by wealthy individuals and used for private, devotional practice, or were donations for churches and abbeys.

Sculptures of the Virgin Mary alone or with Christ as a child were widely popular in this period, and were created in a variety of materials.

The Virgin and the Child of Jeanne d'Évreux was created in the Gothic period in Europe, when images of the Virgin and Child increasingly focused on the relationship between mother and baby, presenting figures and relationships that viewers might relate to, rather than the authoritative, stately, and highly conception images of the so-called "Throne of Wisdom".

Similar works of art would include pieces such as The Virgin of Paris — a late Gothic sculpture that dates in the early 14th century.