Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Reykjavik, Þjóðminjasafn Íslands/National Museum of Iceland

Inv. 420

Ivory

Height: 100 mm
Width: 53 mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ walking in the Virgin's lap; Christ in long robe; bench; crown.
Diapered background.

Museum's opinion 2014: c. 1500.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat.

Object Condition
Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Found in a former churchyard at Laugarbrekka (now a farm) on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Western Iceland. Acquired by the museum in 1867.

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