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Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
The collection record classifies this work as ivory. It is dated c. 1325–1350. Recorded culture or place: France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century.
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- Museum title
- Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
- Date
- c. 1325–1350
- Culture / origin
- France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century
- Materials and technique
- ivory, traces of gilding
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.9 x 21.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1951.450
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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.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
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