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Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory")
950–1025
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Mother of God is seated on a lavishly carved, high-backed throne. Two angels hover above, drawing attention to the Christ child poised in her lap. Representations of the enthroned Virgin and Child have a long tradition in Byzantine art, stretching back as far as the 6th century. With one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a scroll, Christ is portrayed here as an emotionless and supernatural child, visualizing for the pious beholder the mystery of his incarnation.
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- Title: Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory")
- Date Created: 950–1025
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 25.3 x 17.2 x 1.8 cm (9 15/16 x 6 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Bastard Collection, Paris, France, Francis Douce, London (d. 1834), Douce and Meyrick Collection, Collection of Count Stroganoff (1794-1882), Rome, Italy, Malcolm Collection, sold at Christie's May 1, 1913, No. 20, Tartaglia & Co. Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ivory
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.1293
- Medium: ivory
- Fun Fact: This ivory is also known as the <em>Stroganoff Ivory </em>because it was once in the collection of Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganoff, a Russian statesman and art historian.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period
- Credit Line: Gift of J. H. Wade
- Collection: MED - Byzantine
- Accession Number: 1925.1293
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