IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 30374 accession number: M.2-1918 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Virgin and Child Enthroned, carved in boxwood; pierced and in relief. Within an oblong frame is the flowering vine (the symbol of the Church), which divides to form an oval frame around the centre. In the centre are the Virgin and Child on a throne of marked Eastern character (especially tall legs), with two cherubins above and an archangel on either side in adoration. In the four corners are the Evangelists with scrolls. title: relief NOTES ----- type: history note value: 12th May 1886: Rt. Hon. Beresford Hope M.P. (sale cat. no. 245); bought by Rev. E.S. Dewick; 1918, bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam and given to the Museum LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30374 PEOPLE ------------------- Virgin Mary Christ angels evangelists SUBJECTS ------------------- Virgin and Child Enthroned Virgin and Child Enthroned TECHNIQUES ---------- carved and pierced in boxwood carving CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: in value: 3 1/8 dimension: Width units: in value: 2 1/4