Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar
1340–1350
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar, 1340–1350. Germany, Cologne, 14th century. Ivory with polychromy and gilding, original silver hinges; overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); closed: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.103
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ivory
- Formatted Medium
- ivory with polychromy and gilding, original silver hinges
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); Closed: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.103
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1971, Images in Ivory: Precious Objects from the Gothic Age, Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
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