3746267 Virgin and Child, c.1415-17 (limestone with paint and gilding) by Werve, Claus de (1380-1439); height: 135.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Made in Poligny, Burgundy and attributed to Claus de Werve (active France c.1380??439, Burgundy from 1396) Probably a gift of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419) or his wife, Margaret of Bavaria (d. 1424) to the convent they founded dedicated to the Franciscan order of Poor Clares at Poligny. The Latin inscription on the bench from the Book of Ecclesiasticus, reads, "From the beginning, and before the world, was I created" (24:14). ).