- Period
- Gothic
- Date
- ca. 1340–50
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 467369
Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child
Unknown maker, ca. 1340–50
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 1340–50
- Medium
- Elephant ivory with metal mounts
- Dimensions
- Overall (open): 11 x 6 3/16 x 2 1/16 in. (27.9 x 15.7 x 5.3 cm) Overall (Closed): 11 x 2 11/16 x 2 in. (27.9 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm) Central element without base and finials: 6 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (17.7 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm) Inner wings L & R: 6 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (16.3 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm) Outer wings L & R: 6 9/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (16.7 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm) Base: 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4.1 x 5.3 x 7 cm)
- Period
- Gothic
The record
Why it matters
Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child, dated ca. 1340–50, 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): 11 x 6 3/16 x 2 1/16 in. (27.9 x 15.7 x 5.3 cm) Overall (Closed): 11 x 2 11/16 x 2 in. (27.9 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm) Central element without base and finials: 6 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (17.7 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm) Inner wings L & R: 6 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (16.3 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm) Outer wings L & R: 6 9/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (16.7 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm) Base: 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4.1 x 5.3 x 7 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.