Whalebone plaque

Description

A plaque in whalebone showing an angel, perhaps St Michael, holding a key on a chain and subduing a she-devil. Possibly Scandinavian.

Object data

Accession number

HCM 109

Date made

14th century AD

Materials

Animal; Bone; Mammal bone; Whalebone

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Place of collection

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Whalebone plaque | Animal,Bone,Mammal bone,Whalebone | 14th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

Provenance

File of material relating to a whalebone plaque with carved representation of Saint Michael subduing the devil. Includes photocopy of object description sheet including sketch of object (date unspecified); notes (date unspecified) describing the panel which mention that its theme seems identical to a Dürer woodblock, which is dated to 1498. Notes give details of biblical passage which describes events depicted in these objects. Also that the interlaced design on the Hunt Museum object seems to have similarities with wooden carvings on the interior porches of Scandinavian churches such as portrayed in publication by Peter Anker entitled 'Art of Scandinavia,' volume 1 (Paul Hamlyn, 1970). These notes are accompanied by photocopy of extract from publication by James Underhill entitled 'Angels' (Great Britain: Element Books Limited, 1995) which includes image of Dürer woodblock, 'Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit'; photocopy of extract from publication by Nancy Grubb entitled 'Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse' (Abbeville Publishing Group, 1997); photocopy of extract from publication entitled 'Forty paintings from an early 14th century manuscript of the Apocalypse' issued by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters (c. 1970); photocopy of extract from exhibition catalogue published to coincide with 'Dürer in Dublin: an exhibition of prints and engravings at the Chester Beatty Library presented in association with the Goethe Institute Dublin' (Verlag Hans Carl Nurnberg, 1983); photocopy of extract from publication by Frederick van der Meer entitled 'Apocalypse: Visions from the Book of Revelations in Western Art' (London: Thames & Hudson, 1978). Includes image of same Dürer woodblock mentioned with reference to Underhill book above.

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