IDENTIFIERS
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id:	30374
accession number:	M.2-1918

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 3 December 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Virgin and Child Enthroned, carved in boxwood; pierced and in relief. Within an oblong frame is the flowering vine (the symbol of the Church), which divides to form an oval frame around the centre. In the centre are the Virgin and Child on a throne of marked Eastern character (especially tall legs), with two cherubins above and an archangel on either side in adoration. In the four corners are the Evangelists with scrolls.
title:	relief

NOTES
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type: history note
value: 12th May 1886: Rt. Hon. Beresford Hope M.P. (sale cat. no. 245); bought by Rev. E.S. Dewick; 1918, bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam and given to the Museum


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30374

PEOPLE
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Virgin Mary
Christ
angels
evangelists

SUBJECTS
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Virgin and Child Enthroned
Virgin and Child Enthroned



TECHNIQUES
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carved and pierced in boxwood
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 3 1/8

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 2 1/4