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The Virgin and Child with St Dorothy and St Catherine
Production: Unknown (Possibly)
Ivory, carved in the round. Virgin and Child seated on a throne with high back, on the top of which stand four small music-making angels. On the left, St Dorothy holding a basket of roses, and on the right, St Catherine with wheel and sword.
History note: Frédéric Spitzer Collection; sold Paris, Paul Chevallier , 17April - 16 June, 1893, Cataloguedes objets d'art et de haute curiosité antique, du Moyen-age e& de la Renaissance, composant l'importante et précieuse collection Spitzer, p. 28, lot. 154; Gibson Carmichael Collection (no. 143)
Frank McClean Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
15th Century-16th Century#
Circa
1470
CE
-
Circa
1530
CE
Although the iconography resembles an ivory in the Domkammer of the Cathedral of St Paul at Münster, the style of carving is very different. In Dalton's Catalogue of the McClean Collection (1912), it was identified as Spainish, 16th century. In the catalogue of the British Fine Art Club exhibition (1923) it was stated that R. Koechlin regarded it as Wesphalian and compared it with the example at Münster.
Ivory
Height 18.9 cm
Ivory And Base
Height 22.5 cm
Carving : Carved ivory in the round
Accession number: M.19-1904
Primary reference Number: 31805
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Virgin and Child with St Dorothy and St Catherine" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31805 Accessed: 2024-04-24 20:33:15
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Accession Number: 631
Accession Number: PD.1-1969
Accession Number: 554
Accession Number: M.2
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