File:Atelier of the Boxes - Writing Tablet and Lid - Walters 71283 - View B.jpg
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[edit]Atelier of the Boxes: Writing Tablet and Lid ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q33165756 |
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Title |
Writing Tablet and Lid |
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Description |
English: During the Middle Ages, paper and parchment were expensive, and many people took advantage of less permanent forms of written communication. One side of an ivory tablet was coated with wax; then a message was incised in the wax with a stylus (which looks like a large pin) and protected by an ivory lid. The little box would be sent to the recipient, who smoothed the wax and responded. The sliding cover depicts three ladies in the town, looking over its walls at two embracing couples seen to the left. The bottom of the box shows the same town at greater distance, a tent with two more lovers, a hawking expedition, and a hermit reading outside his rustic cell. Several writing boxes are known from the same, otherwise unidentified workshop. |
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Date |
between 1340 and 1360 date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1340-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1360-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Middle Agesera QS:P2348,Q12554 ) |
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Medium |
ivory medium QS:P186,Q82001 |
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Dimensions | H: 3 11/16 x W: 2 1/8 x D of tablet and lid together: 7/16 in. (9.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
71.283 |
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Place of creation | north France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. Images of Love and Death in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. 1975-1976. The Medieval Garden. Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence; Dumbarton Oaks, Washington. 1983. Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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