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Pictures of the Month

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Among the newly added collections, a remarkable triptych with painted wings now at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon...



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Discover this intriguing carving of saint Mammès, holding his bowels: this attribute refers to his martyrdom, during which he was struck in the stomach...

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Many Scandinavian collections have joined the project recently, including the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen: discover this chess piece and other riches...

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Learn more about this 14th-century Virgin and Child now at the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire in Brussels ...

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The Austrian Monastery of Klosterneuburg has a small but interesting ivory collection, including this delicate diptych with scenes from the Life of the Virgin...

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The collection from the Musée Antoine Vivenel in Compiègne is now online, and includes this intricate 13th-century chess piece...

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The recently-added Musée de Tessé in Le Mans has a small collection of ivories including this pax showing the Lamentation of the Virgin over the body of Christ...

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The Kunstgewerbemuseum collection in Berlin has joined the project and you can now admire this small casket with delicate courtly scenes...

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A delicate statuette of saint John the Baptist holding the Agnus Dei now in the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Leipzig...

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Discover these two wonderful 14th-century walrus ivory chess pieces, along with the rest of the collection of the Museo Ala Ponzone in Cremona...

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