IDENTIFIERS
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id:	30379
accession number:	M.11A & B-1991

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Carved wood, gessoed, painted and gilded. Both angels wear a diadem on their curly hair, and a long gown with a turned down collar and crossed straps at the front, one hanging down in front and other behind. Angel A, kneels on its right knee and supports a column on its left knee, holding it with its left hand. With its right hand it supports the top of a shield resting on the ground, which is painted with the Angel Gabriel. Angel B kneels on its left knee and with its left hand supports the top of a shield resting on the ground, which is painted with the Virgin Mary.
title:	figure group

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Murray Marks; sold Christie's, 2 July 1918 Catalogue of objects of art, faience and decorative furniture formed by that well-known connoisseur Murray Marks, Esq., deceased, late of 57 Egerton Crescent, S.W. & 75 Marine Parade, Brighton.;  purchased by H.S. Reitlinger for £27.6.0; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


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
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950. Transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30379

PEOPLE
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angels
Angel Gabriel
Virgin Mary

SUBJECTS
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shield
shield



TECHNIQUES
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carved wood, gessoed, painted and gilded
carving
TECHNIQUES
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gessoed

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1400 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1400
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	15th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown