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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.)

Gift of J. H. Wade and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1923.719

Location

106C Medieval Treasury

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.

Provenance

Malcolm Collection; [Durlacher Bros.]

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 15 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 14 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 139 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 53 archive.org

Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned: p. 202; reproduced: 194; cat. no. V-13 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 52 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 59 archive.org

Wilhelmy, Winfried, and Marcel Schawe. Meisterwerke des Bischöflichen Dom- und Diözesanmuseums Mainz. Regensburg : Schnell + Steiner, 2020. MentionedL p. 231; reproduced: p. 233, abb. 193

Lutkenhaus, Hildegard, and Winifried Wilhelmy, Meisterwerke des Bischoflichen Domi Und Diozesanmuseums Mainz 3, Der Mainzer Domschatz, Regensburg: Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, 2022. p. 233, abb. 193

Exhibition history

Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1879

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

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