Panel from a Reliquary Diptych
Datemiddle 14th Century
MediumPainted and gilded wood with inset verre eglomise
Dimensions13 x 9.2cm
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, the Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton Fund for Medieval Art, and funds from the David L. Klein, Jr. Memorial Foundation
Object number1994.43
DescriptionThe vertical plaque is the left wing of a diptych, with hinges on the right side. The inset verre eglomise plaque depicts the seated "Madonna Lactans" surrounded by scrolling foliage and a border of inscriptions bearing the names of saints and identifications of the relics mounted on vellum. The verre eglomise plaque is set in a wood frame, gilded on the front and painted with scrolling foliage on the back.On View
On view
c. 1754
16th Century
1st Century BC
1898
16th Century
1775/1788
c. 1904/1906
15th Century
1730/1740
