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Source Description
Within a frame of eight lobes, two couples appear below the Castle of Love, from which the god of Love, winged and crowned, throws arrows down upon them. The youth on the left is crowned by his lady while the right-hand pair embrace. Kneeling figures are shown on the battlements on either side of the god of Love. The men wear capes and hoods over the cotehardies; the cotehardies of the women have liripipes at the elbows. The circular format is brought to a square with triangles of leaves at the corners, incised with veins. The carving is very rough in quality.
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Document identity
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32870
label
Mirror Case with the Castle of Love
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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32870
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object
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normalized
title
Mirror Case with the Castle of Love
description
Within a frame of eight lobes, two couples appear below the Castle of Love, from which the god of Love, winged and crowned, throws arrows down upon them. The youth on the left is crowned by his lady while the right-hand pair embrace. Kneeling figures are shown on the battlements on either side of the god of Love. The men wear capes and hoods over the cotehardies; the cotehardies of the women have liripipes at the elbows. The circular format is brought to a square with triangles of leaves at the corners, incised with veins. The carving is very rough in quality.
provenance
Viollet-le-Duc (?) [a text glued to the reverse records an 1858 description of the object by Viollet-le-Duc]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd half 14th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases (containers)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
9.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 9.5 cm)
Source extras
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Medieval European
style
Gothic
med
ivory
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6229
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MED
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2109
3089
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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2
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photo
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photo
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no