Panel from a Reliquary Diptych
Date:
middle 14th Century
Medium:
Painted and gilded wood with inset verre eglomise
Dimensions:
13 x 9.2cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, the Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton Fund for Medieval Art, and funds from the David L. Klein, Jr. Memorial Foundation
Object number:
1994.43
The vertical plaque is the left wing of a diptych, with hinges on the right side. The inset verre eglomise plaque depicts the seated "Madonna Lactans" surrounded by scrolling foliage and a border of inscriptions bearing the names of saints and identifications of the relics mounted on vellum. The verre eglomise plaque is set in a wood frame, gilded on the front and painted with scrolling foliage on the back.
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