Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (probably fragment of a polyptych or casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret; tabernacle) (Front)

Panel (probably fragment of a polyptych or casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret; tabernacle) (Front)

Panel (probably fragment of a polyptych or casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret; tabernacle) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.217

Bone

Height: 60mm
Width: 46mm

Annunciation to the Shepherds; trees; dog; sheep.
Crosshatched background; foliated decoration.

Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish, c. 1430-1460.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy: dark brown for the landscape, highlights in gilding; blue line along the frame.

Comments
This piece is probably part of the same ensemble as Inv. 71.218, also in Baltimore (Randall 1985). See related objects.

Provenance
Bought by Henry Walters before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 361.

Image

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