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Source Description
This ivory, once the protective case for a disk-shaped mirror, represents a young man who kneels and is crowned with a wreath by his lady. The whole has a circular frame and originally had four crouching monsters filling the four corners, three of which still remain.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25050
label
Mirror Cover with a Lover Crowned
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
25050
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mirror Cover with a Lover Crowned
description
This ivory, once the protective case for a disk-shaped mirror, represents a young man who kneels and is crowned with a wreath by his lady. The whole has a circular frame and originally had four crouching monsters filling the four corners, three of which still remain.
provenance
Victor Gay, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 23, 1909, no. 76; Jacques Seligmann, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1300-1325 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases, plaques
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
8.3
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 3 1/2 × W: 3 1/4 × D: 3/8 in. (8.89 × 8.26 × 0.95 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
3089
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
2715179c1d811665
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
46646365adc7c174
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no