IDENTIFIERS
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id:	31321
accession number:	M.3-1980

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Alabaster, carved in high relief, with traces of dark blue paint, and gilding. Almost square. The figures, dressed in sixteenth century costume, are grouped in an architectural setting with a vault over them. In the centre of the vault is a star surrounded by five cherub's heads, flanked by groups of a single angel and three angels reading. There are traces of blue paint in the vault. Below on the left, the Virgin sits on a cushion on a small trunk holding out the standing Christ Child on her left knee. Joseph stands behind her holding a string of beads (a rosary?). An elderly bearded and bareheaded King kneels to the right of the Virgin, holding out a covered vase to the Child. A second bearded King, stands behind him holding a covered cup, and a third, clean-shaven and more youthful stands on the extreme right holding a covered cup. In the spandrels at the top there are groups of leaves. The initials 'A.H. are carved by the Virgin's foot.
Note: Fragment in box in Small Store Case 4/A  [08.05.19]
title:	relief

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from R. van de Broeck, Brussels


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the Cunliffe, Leverton Harris and Marlay Funds, with contributions from the Regional Fund administered through the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Eranda Foundation.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31321

PEOPLE
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Magi
Virgin Mary
Jesus
Joseph
angels

SUBJECTS
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The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi



TECHNIQUES
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alabaster carved in high relief with traces of blue paint and gilding
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1540 - 1540
creation date earliest:	1540
creation date latest:	1540
culture:	16th Century, Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 20

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 78.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 68.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Treasures from the Fitzwilliam, "The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation"
CITATIONS
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Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Treasures from the Fitzwilliam: ''The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation''
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1997
The Fitzwilliam Museum 1848-1998, One Hundred and Fifty Years of Collecting
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