Panel
ca. 1440-1470 (made)
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These are seven panels in bone with traces of gilding and pigment that once formed a casket. The presence of the lute provides independent corroboration for a dating in the middle of the fifteenth century. The instrument is being plucked with the fingers, rather than a quill, a technical innovation developed at precisely this time.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Bone with traces of gilding and pigment |
| Brief description | Seven panels from a casket, bone with traces of pigment, South Netherlands, ca. 1440-1470 |
| Physical description | The plaques are from a casket. Inv. nos. A.48 to A48d show a man holding a basket and a flower; a tree in a wicker planter; a woman with long hair holding a rectangular object in both hands; a man playing a pipe; and a woman playing a lute. Inv. nos. A.48e and A.48f-1953 once formed the long sides of the casket and depict two hounds pursuing a boar through a wooded landscape. |
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| Object history | Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., London, in 1953. Probably acquired by him in Granada, according to notes glued to the back. Historical significance: The panels, of little interest or importance, are fragments from caskets and typical of the ordinary work of this period. |
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| Summary | These are seven panels in bone with traces of gilding and pigment that once formed a casket. The presence of the lute provides independent corroboration for a dating in the middle of the fifteenth century. The instrument is being plucked with the fingers, rather than a quill, a technical innovation developed at precisely this time. |
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| Accession number | A.48-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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