France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century / c. 1325–1350
Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Triptych: The Life of the Virgin as ivory (France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century · c. 1325–1350).
The pinnacle, roof moldings, and base are modern additions attached before the object entered our collection.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ivory as ivory, traces of gilding.
The museum's collection notes: The Virgin and Child, standing beneath a three-part arch, occupy the central plaque of this triptych. On the wings are carved four scenes from the life of the Virgin: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Adoration of the Magi, and Christ's Presentation in the Temple. By the end of the 12th century, devotional objects like this became widespread in many parts of Western Europe as a result of the growing cult of the Virgin.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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