- Period
- Gothic
- Date
- ca. 1325
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 464289
Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child
Unknown maker, ca. 1325
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 1325
- Medium
- Elephant ivory with metal mounts
- Dimensions
- Overall (open): 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 13/16 in. (13.9 x 14.6 x 2.1 cm) Overall (closed): 5 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 in. (13.9 x 6.7 x 2.6 cm) central plaque: 5 5/16 x 2 x 13/16 in. (13.5 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm) Inner Wings L & R: 4 5/8 x 11/16 x 1/4 in. (11.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm) Outer Wings L & R: 5 1/2 x 1 x 1/4 in. (13.9 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm)
- Period
- Gothic
The record
Why it matters
Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child, dated ca. 1325, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Elephant ivory with metal mounts. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall (open): 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 13/16 in. (13.9 x 14.6 x 2.1 cm) Overall (closed): 5 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 in. (13.9 x 6.7 x 2.6 cm) central plaque: 5 5/16 x 2 x 13/16 in. (13.5 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm) Inner Wings L & R: 4 5/8 x 11/16 x 1/4 in. (11.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm) Outer Wings L & R: 5 1/2 x 1 x 1/4 in. (13.9 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.