Knights and Ladies Seated under Canopies

Physical description

Two pierced panels from a casket. The panels are divided into two compartments in each of which is seated the figure of a man or a woman; the former hold falcons, one of the latter a little dog. Above are elaborate architectural canopies.

Place of Origin

Italy (probably, made)

Date

early 15th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Carved ivory

Dimensions

Height: 3 in height of both, Width: 3.375 in

Descriptive line

Panel, ivory, probably Italian early 15th century.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868., p. 11.
Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929. Part II. p. 8.
English Medieval Art. London, 1938. no. 458.
Leeuwenberg, Jaap. Early Nineteenth-century Gothic Ivories. Aachener Kunstblätter. 39, 1969. pp. 111-148.

Materials

Ivory

Techniques

Carving

Subjects depicted

Ladies; Knights

Collection code

SCP