Musee du Moyen Age (Cluny) - Paris, France. May 2014
Medieval ivory plaque Detail of "The miracle of the loaves and bread" Museo Arcivescovile-Ravenna
Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellow Silvia Armando explores a vitrine display of ivory works now on view in gallery 457.
Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellow Silvia Armando explores a vitrine display of ivory works now on view in gallery 457.
This small rectangular box with a vaulted cover is probably a chrismatory, a portable container for carrying holy oil. Although few chrismatories survive, medieval sources tell us that clerics wore them around their necks when ministering or traveling outside of their religious communities
Sogenannter Olifant Graf Albrechts III. von Habsburg | | 11. Jahrhundert oder 1. Hälfte 12. Jhd.; spätere Widmungsinschrift dat. 1199
Triptico en marfil Francia- Coleccion privada
The fantastical architectural frame on this openwork ivory panel divides it into twelve scenes dedicated to the Passion of Jesus, his rule in Heaven, and his divine nature. It includes the narrative of the Passion, beginning with the Garden of Gethsemane and following his torture at the hands of the henchmen of Pontius Pilate, his death on the cross, the entombment, descent from the cross, and reappearance before Mary Magdalene and the Three Maries
This ivory statuette presents Mary standing with the young Jesus sitting in the crook of her left arm. She arches her back under the weight of the child, a naturalistic detail that is also a technical conceit, allowing the finished sculpture to be larger by incorporating the natural curvature of the elephant tusk into the design
Látogass el honlapunkra!
FLEMISH, SECOND HALF 14TH CENTURY
Gothic ivory peaked in the 14th century, in works such as this French diptych
