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Source Description
This plaque once formed the center of an ivory triptych, a devotional object consisting of three panels hinged together. While two standing angels with candlesticks flank the enthroned Virgin on either side, a third angel descends from above to crown the Virgin as Queen of Heaven.
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Document identity
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105606
label
Plaque: The Virgin and Child with Angels
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object
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Source metadata
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105606
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object
title
Plaque: The Virgin and Child with Angels
description
This plaque once formed the center of an ivory triptych, a devotional object consisting of three panels hinged together. While two standing angels with candlesticks flank the enthroned Virgin on either side, a third angel descends from above to crown the Virgin as Queen of Heaven.
date
c. 1320–1330
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746414
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Ivory
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 22.9 x 11.5 cm (9 x 4 1/2 in.)
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France, Paris, Gothic period
accession
1923.719
Source extras
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ivory, traces of paint and gilding
tombstone
Plaque: The Virgin and Child with Angels, c. 1320–1330. France, Paris, Gothic period. Ivory, traces of paint and gilding; overall: 22.9 x 11.5 cm (9 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1923.719
collection
MED - Gothic
citations
citation
"Ivory Plaque" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>10, no. 10 (December 1923): 175-192.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 175-178
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 15
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
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Reproduced: p. 14
citation
Milliken, William. "Mr. Severance's Gifts to the Museum." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>23, no. 2 (February 1936): 17-27
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Reproduced: p. 17; Mentioned: p. 26
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. 139
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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. 53
citation
Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 202; reproduced: 194; cat. no. V-13
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 52
citation
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. 59
citation
Wilhelmy, Winfried, and Marcel Schawe. Meisterwerke des Bischöflichen Dom- und Diözesanmuseums Mainz. Regensburg : Schnell + Steiner, 2020.
page_number
MentionedL p. 231; reproduced: p. 233, abb. 193
citation
Lutkenhaus, Hildegard, and Winifried Wilhelmy, <em>Meisterwerke des Bischoflichen Domi Und Diozesanmuseums Mainz 3, Der Mainzer Domschatz, </em>Regensburg: Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, 2022.
page_number
p. 233, abb. 193
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:41:12.690000
sourceId
105606
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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ivory, traces of paint and gilding
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photo
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