File:French - Opening Madonna Triptych - Walters 71152 - Front Closed.jpg
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Opening Madonna Triptych
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Anonymous (France) |
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| Title |
Opening Madonna Triptych |
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| Description |
English: This rare and unusual Vierge ouvrante ("opening Madonna") takes the form of a triptych which, when closed, shows the Virgin enthroned, and, when open, displays scenes from the Passion of Christ. The statuette, unique in the world, was carved around 1200, a date supported by recent scientific tests (including carbon-14 dating) on the age of the ivory.
Although similar in style to sculpture seen on cathedrals near Paris, such as at Sens, original ownership of the Vierge ouvrante can only be traced back to the priory of Boubon, near Limoges (central France), at the time of the French Revolution (1789). |
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| Date | between 1180 and 1220 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ivory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | open height: 43.5 cm (17.1 in); width: 28.1 cm (11 in); depth: 6.4 cm (2.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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71.152 |
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| Place of creation | Sens, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
Central panel: Priory of the Convent of Boubon
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| Exhibition history | Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro. Paris. 1889. Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport. 1987-1992. To Arrest the Ravages of Time: Caring for Art at the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996. Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997. Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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