Photograph
1850s-1896 (photographed)
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Photograph of three early 16th century Northern French oak panels. All the panels are carved in relief and are within Gothic niches. The first panel depicts a grotesque monster, from whose mouth issues a vine plant, with a nude figure at the top. The second panel depicts a dog, from whose mouth issues a hop plant, with a nude figure at the top blowing a horn. The third panel depicts a lion, from whose mouth issues a flowering plant, with a nude figure at the top.
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Materials and techniques | Photograph |
Brief description | Photograph of three early 16th century Northern French oak panels, which were previously part of the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896 |
Physical description | Photograph of three early 16th century Northern French oak panels. All the panels are carved in relief and are within Gothic niches. The first panel depicts a grotesque monster, from whose mouth issues a vine plant, with a nude figure at the top. The second panel depicts a dog, from whose mouth issues a hop plant, with a nude figure at the top blowing a horn. The third panel depicts a lion, from whose mouth issues a flowering plant, with a nude figure at the top. |
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Object history | The objects in the photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork, as well as sculpture and metalwork, from him in 1895, including the objects in this photograph. |
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Associated object | 847-1895 (Object) |
Bibliographic reference | On a label pasted to the mount of the photograph. |
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Accession number | PH.1563-1896 |
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Record created | June 27, 2014 |
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