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Photograph

1850-1895 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph of two 16th century French figures made of painted walnut wood. One figure represents St Cecilia and the other the Madonna.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
photograph
Brief description
Photograph of two French carved wooden figures previously in the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896
Physical description
Photograph of two 16th century French figures made of painted walnut wood. One figure represents St Cecilia and the other the Madonna.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.8cm
  • Width: 34.1cm
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 figure of St Cecilia is now in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (formerly the Museum of Science and Art), and the figure of the Madonna was bought from Peyre by the V&A (formerly the South Kensington Museum) in 1895.
Subjects depicted
Association
Associated object
753-1895 (Object)
Bibliographic reference
label pasted on mount of photograph
Collection
Accession number
PH.1155-1896

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Record createdJune 27, 2014
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