Pax: Virgin and Child Enthroned

15th century

French

On View

European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

Pax: Virgin and Child Enthroned: 1 of Collection Gallery

Pax: Virgin and Child Enthroned: 2 of Collection Gallery

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Title Pax: Virgin and Child Enthroned

Artwork Date 15th century

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. French

Medium Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/8 inches (12.1 × 8.6 × 1 cm) Mount (Stand/Handle): 3 3/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 inches (8.1 × 6 × 1 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Robert H. Tannahill

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. 43.454

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Provenance

Michael Boy, Paris

His sale, Georges Petit, Paris, 15-24 May 1905, lot 303

Prof. A. Gilbert, Paris

His sale, Drouot (Lair-Dubreuil), Paris, 29 November - 1 December 1927, lot 78

Robert Tannahill, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

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Published References

Hotel Drouot, Paris, Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité principalement du moyen âge et de la Renaissance. Orfevrerie Religieuse, Emaux Champleves et Peints de Limoges, Ivoires, Sculptures, Vitraux, Baisers de Paix et Plaquettes en Bronze… Composant la Collection de M. le Professeur A. Gilbert (Paris 1927), no. 78 (ill)

R. H. Randall, Jr., THE GOLDEN AGE OF IVORY: GOTHIC CARVINGS IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTIONS (New York 1993), no. 172, p. 116

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