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Source Description
The Virgin wears a diadem and is dressed in a blue robe and a purple mantle. The child Christ wears a long green robe. The group is seated on a low bench resting on a tiled floor. At an early date this plaque was exported to northern Italy, where it was set in a nielloed gilt-metal frame. God the Father appears in the nielloed plaque of the small tympanum and the band underneath is inscribed in niello: PAX VOBIS. The frame is decorated with acroteria, thorny acanthus leaves, egg-and-dart, dentils, cherubs' heads, palmettes, and flanked by two pilasters, their capitals adorned with acanthus leaves and two rosettes, their shafts with elongated leafy motifs.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18646
label
Virgin and Child
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
18646
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
The Virgin wears a diadem and is dressed in a blue robe and a purple mantle. The child Christ wears a long green robe. The group is seated on a low bench resting on a tiled floor. At an early date this plaque was exported to northern Italy, where it was set in a nielloed gilt-metal frame. God the Father appears in the nielloed plaque of the small tympanum and the band underneath is inscribed in niello: PAX VOBIS. The frame is decorated with acroteria, thorny acanthus leaves, egg-and-dart, dentils, cherubs' heads, palmettes, and flanked by two pilasters, their capitals adorned with acanthus leaves and two rosettes, their shafts with elongated leafy motifs.
provenance
Valerio Collection (?); Sale, Paris, December 18, 1893; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
paxes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17
height
9
dimensionsRaw
Pax H: 6 11/16 x W: 3 9/16 in. (17 x 9 cm); Plaque H: 2 5/8 x W: 1 15/16 in. (6.7 x 5 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper, with silver niello frame
creator_ids
6745
6200
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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