Plaque: The Virgin and Child with Angels

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plaque: The Virgin and Child with Angels

Date
c. 1320–1330
Medium
ivory, traces of paint and gilding
Culture
France, Paris, Gothic period
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This plaque once formed the center of an ivory triptych, a devotional object consisting of three panels hinged together. While two standing angels with candlesticks flank the enthroned Virgin on either side, a third angel descends from above to crown the Virgin as Queen of Heaven.

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