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A
fascinating pax
certainly commissioned by
Jean Le Meingre, Marshal Boucicaut
, in
Portovenere
, near La Spezia...
01 March, 2015
A graceful Virgin and Child with extensive polychromy now at the
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung
in Frankfurt...
01 June, 2013
A beautiful
Virgin and Child
, carved in the so-called Kremsmünster style, now in the
Musée Unterlinden in Colmar
...
01 October, 2012
Just added to the website, this
painted tabernacle
in remarkable condition kept in the
Treasury of Halberstadt Cathedral
...
01 August, 2012
Have a closer look at this elaborate diptych with 'décor de roses' and extensive polychromy now at the
Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
and discover the rest of their collection...
06 October, 2011
Examine in more detail this 14th-century diptych from the Schwerin Museum, in Northern Germany.
A beautifully preserved painted casket with secular scenes probably made c. 1400 in Northern Italy, and now at
The Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn
...
A new addition to the website, this 16th-century memento mori rosary pendant now at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
...
A new addition to the website, this box made of bone and ebony now in the
Museo de Artes Decorativas in Madrid
is decorated with scenes from the Life of the Virgin...
An ivory casket on two registers with no less than
32 scenes illustrating the Life of Christ
now at the Musée Dupuy in Toulouse...
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