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Relief (appliqué) (Front)

Relief (appliqué) (Front)
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Front

Front

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Detail

Subject
Religious.

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Riaucourt-Chaumont, parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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Ivory

Height: 235mm
Width: 90mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; belt; crown.

Palissy (2009): 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding along the hems.

Object Condition
Missing: right forearm of the Virgin (replaced).
Crown chipped.

Comments
Relief applied onto the door of the old tabernacle of the main altar in parish church of Riaucourt (canton of Chaumont Nord).

Bibliography
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].
Base objets mobiliers du département de la Haute-Marne: http://www.haute-marne.fr/patrimoine/iPamela


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