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Mirror cover: Scenes of lovers,
1340–60
English
y1954-61
Pairs of lovers are often represented on carved mirrors. On this mirror cover, a young man presents himself before his lady, who crowns him with a floral wreath. In the second scene, she invites him into the crenellated castle.
Information
Title
Mirror cover: Scenes of lovers
Dates
1340–60
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
0.7 × diam. 9 cm (1/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert E. McVitty
Object Number
y1954-61
Culture
Materials
Subject
- "Recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 14, no. 1 (1955): p. 17-19., p. 19
- R. G. Calkins, A medieval treasury: an exhibition of Medieval art from the third to the sixteenth century, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1968)., cat. no. 42, p. 129f, pl. 42 (illus.)
- Archer St. Clair, Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, The carver's art, Medieval sculpture in ivory, bone, and horn, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1989)., cat. no. 58
- Richard Randall, The golden age of ivory: Gothic carvings in North American collections, (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993)., p. 40; no. 15 (illus.)
