The Assumption of a Franciscan Saint

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Netherlands (made)

This is an ivory plaque made in ca. 1650 probably by a Netherlandish artist, perhaps active in Spain. This plaque represents a Franciscan Saint translated into heaven by the hands of three angels. The piece is formed from a large piece of ivory near the base of a tusk which has been hollowed out.

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Christianity Reliefs Plaques & Plaquettes Religion
Object type	Plaque
Title	The Assumption of a Franciscan Saint (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Ivory carved in high relief Ivory Carving High Relief
Brief description	Relief, plaque, ivory, The Assumption of a Franciscan Saint, perhaps Netherlandish, ca. 1650
Physical description	Ivory carved in high relief, and sunk within the thickness of the tusk, representing a Saint in Franciscan habit being transported to heaven by three angels. At the upper right is a figure of the Virgin on the crescent moon; a church can be seen at the lower left, and other buildings, also including a church, are carved in lower relief on the right.
Dimensions	Height: 23.2cm Width: 13.7cm
Object history	Acquired by John Charles Robinson for £36 16s. 8d. from the dealer Miro in Madrid in 1865.
Subjects depicted	Saint Angels Heaven Moon Church Buildings St Francis
Summary	This is an ivory plaque made in ca. 1650 probably by a Netherlandish artist, perhaps active in Spain. This plaque represents a Franciscan Saint translated into heaven by the hands of three angels. The piece is formed from a large piece of ivory near the base of a tusk which has been hollowed out.
Bibliographic references	Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1866. 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. 17 Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, II, p. 105 Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 108
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	303-1866

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Record created	December 22, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O88164/the-assumption-of-a-franciscan-plaque-unknown/

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