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Source Description
A young gentleman wearing a sword and a lady with a pet squirrel meet in the woods, indicated by trees in the background. The scene is set within a frame of nine lobes, whose spandrels are filled with bearded masks. Two of the four crouching-monster corner terminals have been damaged by burial. There are losses on the back as well, and a new hole is drilled at the top.The lobed frame is usually considered a sign of a date after the mid-century, but the figure style suggests that this may be an early use of the mask frame.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6554
label
Mirror Case with Lovers
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
6554
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mirror Case with Lovers
description
A young gentleman wearing a sword and a lady with a pet squirrel meet in the woods, indicated by trees in the background. The scene is set within a frame of nine lobes, whose spandrels are filled with bearded masks. Two of the four crouching-monster corner terminals have been damaged by burial. There are losses on the back as well, and a new hole is drilled at the top.The lobed frame is usually considered a sign of a date after the mid-century, but the figure style suggests that this may be an early use of the mask frame.
provenance
[Said to have been disinterred by an artillery shell in northern France between 1914 and 1918]; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 14th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases (containers)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
9.5
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 3/4 x D: 3/16 in. (9.5 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Medieval European
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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7e23397e15d358fe
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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73d35d60909b6245
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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2f763b27ceecc31a
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no
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no