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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Child with Angels - Walters 71211.jpg The Virgin who holds the Child is shown standing between candle-bearing angels and is crowned by an angel issuing from the clouds The figures are carved in relief on a thin panel Two sets of hinge miters suggest that it was the center of a triptych or more likely a polyptch The panel has an original indentation at the top left and is broken at the top right The arms of the angel in the clouds and the crown are missing The base has been cut at the bottom There are traces of polychromy including patterns of gilt dots in the background The extraordinary elongation of the Virgin finds parallels in ivories dating from the 2nd quarter to the end of the century The drapery on the other hand is of the apron type found in the 2nd quarter of the 14th century which may indicate that the ivory is a conservative and later provincial work between 1340 1350 Medieval ivory cm 17 6 7 accession number 71 211 36407 Henri Daguerre Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures of Madonna and Child Candles in art Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
