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Source Description
The Virgin and Child, standing beneath a three-part arch, occupy the central plaque of this triptych. On the wings are carved four scenes from the life of the Virgin: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Adoration of the Magi, and Christ's Presentation in the Temple. By the end of the 12th century, devotional objects like this became widespread in many parts of Western Europe as a result of the growing cult of the Virgin.
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Document identity
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128833
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Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
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object
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1
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128833
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object
title
Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
description
The Virgin and Child, standing beneath a three-part arch, occupy the central plaque of this triptych. On the wings are carved four scenes from the life of the Virgin: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Adoration of the Magi, and Christ's Presentation in the Temple. By the end of the 12th century, devotional objects like this became widespread in many parts of Western Europe as a result of the growing cult of the Virgin.
date
c. 1325–1350
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756464
genreSpecific
Ivory
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 25.9 x 21.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
cul
France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century
accession
1951.45
Source extras
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ivory, traces of gilding
tombstone
Triptych: The Life of the Virgin, c. 1325–1350. France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century. Ivory, traces of gilding; overall: 25.9 x 21.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.450
collection
MED - Gothic
didYouKnow
The pinnacle, roof moldings, and base are modern additions attached before the object entered our collection.
citations
citation
HEFNER-ALTENECK, Jacob Heinrich von. Trachten, Kunstwerke Und Geräthschaften Vom Frühen Mittelalter Bis Ende Des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. ... Zweite Vermehrte ... Auflage. 1879.
page_number
III (1882), pl. 169
citation
Brunn [Brno] exhbition catalogue, 1884.
page_number
pl. 71
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H. Semper, "Über eine besondere Gruppe elfenbeinerner Klappaltärchen des XIV Jahrhunderts", <em>Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst </em>11 (1898).
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pp. 117-118
citation
Koechlin, Raymond.<em> Les ivoires gothiques français. </em>Paris: A. Picard, 1924.
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Vol. I, pp. 123, 203; II, no. 127
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 137
citation
"Gothic Art 1360-1440." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (1963).
page_number
p. 174
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 65
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 65
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 72
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Amato, Pietro. <em>Tesori d'arte dei musei diocesani</em>. Torino: U. Allemandi, 1986.
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pp. 224-225
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Randall, Richard H. <em>The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. </em>New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993.
page_number
Cat. no. 40, p. 55
citation
Barnet, Peter. <em>Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age</em>. Detroit, Mich: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1997.
page_number
Cat. No. 48, pp. 211-212
citation
Gertsman, Elina. <em>Worlds Within: Opening the Medieval Shrine Madonna</em>. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015.
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Mentioned & Reproduced: pp. 22-23
citation
'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk' 2020
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:39:14.910000
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128833
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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ivory, traces of gilding
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0
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photo
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