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Title:Angel
Date:ca. 1360–70
Geography:Made in Paris, France
Culture:French
Medium:Elephant ivory
Dimensions:Overall (without base): 5 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. (14.6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm) Base (Wooden base): 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 2 3/16 in. (2.3 x 4 x 5.6 cm)
Classification:Ivories-Elephant
Credit Line:Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Object Number:41.100.164
vicomte Wallerand de Baré de Comogne, Ghent (in 1913); [ Georges J. Demotte, Paris and New York (sold 1920)]; George and Florence BlumenthalParis and New York (by 1926-1941)
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Villette, Jeanne. L'ange dans l'art d'Occident du XIIème au XVIème siècle: France, Italie, Flandre, Allemagne. Paris: H. Laurens, 1940. pp. 79 n. 3, 134 n. 1.
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Barnet, Peter, ed. Images In Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1997. no. 29, pp. 167–69.
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