Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child

ca. 1340–50

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 306

Miniature portable tabernacles containing a statuette of the Virgin and Child accompanied by scenes of Christ's infancy became very popular in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century France.

Artwork Details

Title: Folding Shrine with Virgin and Child
Date: ca. 1340–50
Geography: Made in France
Culture: French
Medium: Elephant ivory with metal mounts
Dimensions: Overall (open): 11 x 6 3/16 x 2 1/16 in. (27.9 x 15.7 x 5.3 cm)
Overall (Closed): 11 x 2 11/16 x 2 in. (27.9 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm)
Central element without base and finials: 6 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (17.7 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm)
Inner wings L & R: 6 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (16.3 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm)
Outer wings L & R: 6 9/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (16.7 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm)
Base: 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4.1 x 5.3 x 7 cm)
Classification: Ivories-Elephant
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.95.115
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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