IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 30379 accession number: M.11A & B-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Carved wood, gessoed, painted and gilded. Both angels wear a diadem on their curly hair, and a long gown with a turned down collar and crossed straps at the front, one hanging down in front and other behind. Angel A, kneels on its right knee and supports a column on its left knee, holding it with its left hand. With its right hand it supports the top of a shield resting on the ground, which is painted with the Angel Gabriel. Angel B kneels on its left knee and with its left hand supports the top of a shield resting on the ground, which is painted with the Virgin Mary. title: figure group NOTES ----- type: history note value: Murray Marks; sold Christie's, 2 July 1918 Catalogue of objects of art, faience and decorative furniture formed by that well-known connoisseur Murray Marks, Esq., deceased, late of 57 Egerton Crescent, S.W. & 75 Marine Parade, Brighton.; purchased by H.S. Reitlinger for £27.6.0; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: H.S. Reitlinger creditline: Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950. Transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30379 PEOPLE ------------------- angels Angel Gabriel Virgin Mary SUBJECTS ------------------- shield shield TECHNIQUES ---------- carved wood, gessoed, painted and gilded carving TECHNIQUES ---------- gessoed CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1400 - 1500 creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1500 culture: 15th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown