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Reliefs (appliqués; part of a group) (Back)

Reliefs (appliqués; part of a group) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Solsona, Museu Diocesà i Comarcal

Inv. MDCS 4026

Metal (later crown);ivory

Height: 188 mm (Virgin)
Width: 30 mm (angels) (25mm minimum width)
Depth: 25 mm (Virgin)

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Christ seated on right arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his right hand; Child pulling the Virgin's veil; Virgin holding a flower in her left hand; crown; two standing angels holding candlesticks.

Museum's opinion 2013: South French or Spanish (Catalonia), c. 1330-1360.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold (along the hems), red (robes).

Reverse
Back of the angels with scoring in the upper and lower parts. Back of the Virgin curved and with crosshatching inthe lower part. A separate piece of ivory is used to keep it upright.

Object Condition
Missing: candles held by the angels.

Provenance
From the Chapel of Santa Maria de Sa Vila, Ceuró parish, Castellar de la Ribera. Acquired by the Museum in 1987.

Bibliography
Catàleg del Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Solsona. Romànic i Gòtic (Barcelona, 1990), pp. 260-261.


Image

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