Tabernacle Polyptych with the Madonna and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ
Unknown
ca. 1275–1300 · Ivory with traces of original gilding and polychromy; silver hinges. · Robert Lehman Collection
The use of folding shrines in private devotion requires the participation of their owners, who must open the wings in order to contemplate the images. Here, the form is essentially French, but the weightier proportions and architectural elements are more characteristic of northern Spain.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1275–1300
- Medium
- Ivory with traces of original gilding and polychromy; silver hinges.
- Culture
- Northern France (?)
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
