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The Annunciation, the Visitation, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection

Panel
ca. 1370-1390 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

This is an ivory panel made in the late 14th or early 15th century Italy. This panel is in two tiers, each surmounted by an arcade of six arches, the subjects separated by slender columns. Below, the Annunciation and the Visitation, above the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Part of the column separating the lower scenes has been broken away.

Object details

Categories
Christianity
Sculpture
Object type
Panel
TitleThe Annunciation, the Visitation, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carved and pierced elephant ivory
Brief description
Diptych leaf, left, ivory, depicting the Annunciation, Visitation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, France, probably ca. 1370-1390
Physical description
Pierced ivory panel in two tiers, each surmounted by an arcade of six arches, the subjects separated by slender columns. Below, the Annunciation and the Visitation, above the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Part of the column separating the lower scenes has been broken away. In the Crucifixion scene Christ is shown on a rugged cross, with the swooning Virgin supported by a Holy Woman on the left and St John the Evangelist in front of two Jews on the right. In the Resurrection the blessing Christ is shown stepping from the tomb, the front of which is decorated with lozenges, and is flanked by angels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Width: 7.5cm
Object history
In the possession of John Webb, London, by 1862; purchased from Webb in 1867 for £22.
Subjects depicted
Mary (Virgin Mary)
Jesus Christ
Gabriel (Angel)
The Annunciation
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection
Summary
This is an ivory panel made in the late 14th or early 15th century Italy. This panel is in two tiers, each surmounted by an arcade of six arches, the subjects separated by slender columns. Below, the Annunciation and the Visitation, above the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Part of the column separating the lower scenes has been broken away.
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 9
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 20
  • Maskell, W., A Description of the Ivories Ancient and Medieval in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872 pp. 93-94
  • Maskell, A., Ivories, London, 1905 pl. XXVII
  • Koechlin, R., Les Ivoires gothiques français, 3 vols, Paris, 1924 (reprinted Paris 1968) I, pp. 186, 191, II, cat. no. 376, III, pl. LXXXIV
  • Williamson, Paul and Davies, Glyn, Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200-1550, (in 2 parts), V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014 part 1, pp. 312-313
  • Williamson, Paul and Davies, Glyn, Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200-1550, (in 2 parts), V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, part 1, pp. 312-313, cat. no. 105
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
241-1867

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Record createdOctober 14, 2004
Record URL
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