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Creative Commons License
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Mirror Cover
(Medieval Europe )
On this circular mirror back, a sequential story is shown in three scenes; above, a young couple plays chess, at the right, a woman threatens a bearded man or hermit with a broom, at the left and center, the bearded man climbs up to a house still threatened by the broom-wielding woman. The scenes are surrounded by an eight-lobed frame adorned with masks. A similar unidentified story concerning an elder and young couple is represented on Walters 71. 283, an ivory box attributed to the Atelier of the Boxes. The mirror back likely was made in the same workshop.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. |
| 1997 | Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 11/16 × W: 3 9/16 × D: 3/16 in. (9.4 × 9 × 0.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.206