Pax

15th century

Dutch, Artist Flemish, Artist

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European: Medieval, Level 2, Central Wing

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Title Pax

Artwork Date 15th century

Makers (Artist) Dutch (Artist) Flemish

Medium Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 inches (12.1 × 8.9 × 1 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 25.91

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Provenance

(Daniel Z. Noorian, New York, New York, USA)

Mrs. Lillian Henkel Haass

1925-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Koch, R. "An Ivory Diptych from the Waning Middle Ages." Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 17, no. 1 (1958) pp. 55-63; p. 59, fig. 4 (ill.).

Randall, Jr., R.H. Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery. New York, 1985, p. 240, no. 363.

Randall, Jr., R.H. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York, 1993, p. 114, no. 167; color pl. 15.

Randall, Jr., R.H. "Dutch Ivories of the Fifteenth Century." Beelden in de Late Middeleeuwen en Renaissance [Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek], ed. R. Falkenberg, et al. Zwolle, 1994, pp. 126-139; p. 126, fig. 1 (ill.).

P. Barnet, ed. Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1997, no. 72, pp. 265-266.

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