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Tabernacle Polyptych with the Madonna and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ

ca. 1275–1300
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
The use of folding shrines in private devotion requires the participation of their owners, who must open the wings in order to contemplate the images. Here, the form is essentially French, but the weightier proportions and architectural elements are more characteristic of northern Spain.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tabernacle Polyptych with the Madonna and Child and Scenes from the Life of Christ
  • Date: ca. 1275–1300
  • Culture: Northern France (?)
  • Medium: Ivory with traces of original gilding and polychromy; silver hinges.
  • Dimensions: H. 9.7 cm, w. 13.1 cm (with open wings).
  • Classification: Ivories
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1553
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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