Keywords: French - Virgin and Child with Angels - Walters 71213.jpg The small plaque was not made to be half of a diptych since it was never hinged It may have been intended for a book cover The 19th-century frame was made in the style of the 13th century and incorporates silver gilt filigree and cabochon stones and pastes The standing Virgin holds the Child with her left hand and a stem of flowers in her right She is shown between two candle-bearing angels beneath an arcade of three trefoil arches Plaque 1340-1350; Frame 19th century Medieval ivory plaque silver gilt filigree and cabochon stones and paste frame cm 6 6 4 9 accession number 71 213 837 Émile Rey New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 The Carver's Art Medieval Sculpture in Ivory Bone and Horn Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum New Brunswick 1989 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Medieval book covers Treasure bindings Madonna and Child |