IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 31807 accession number: MAR.M.257-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Plaque, ivory, carved in relief. In the centre is a draped table, which recedes diagonally from the picture plane. On it is held the naked Child with nimbus, and to the left stands the High Priest about to take the Child from the young man who stands behind the table. On the right kneels the Virgin with St Joseph standing behind, and in front of her on the first step is a wicker basket containing the doves. Four onlookers fill the background, and the composition is closed on the left by a candle bearer. The classical architectural background on the right is balanced by a dado on the left, and in very low relief between the two are seen two small figures apparently walking away over a distant hill. title: plaque NOTES ----- type: history note value: Probably from the Collection of Francis Douce Esq. (d.1830). In the Collection of Col. Meyrick, Goodrich Court, Hereford. (see Gentleman's Magazine, 1836, vol. V, p. 586, no. 38). Lent to the Manchester's Exhibition by Col. Meyrick (see label on the back). LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31807 PEOPLE ------------------- Virgin Christ Priest Joseph SUBJECTS ------------------- basket candle doves hill temple Presentation in the Temple basket candle doves hill temple Presentation in the Temple TECHNIQUES ---------- carved ivory in relief carving CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1700 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1700 culture: 17th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: in value: 5 3/4 dimension: Width units: in value: 3 7/8 CITATIONS -------- Gentleman's Magazine, V, 1836 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mar_m_257_1912_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 704 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_mar_m_257_1912_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 728 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mar_m_257_1912_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 704 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_mar_m_257_1912_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 364 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mar_m_257_1912_2_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 734 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_mar_m_257_1912_2_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 698 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mar_m_257_1912_2_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 734 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_mar_m_257_1912_2_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 349 pixels width: 250 pixels