Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Previous image 1 2 3 / 3 Next image

Unknown Maker, Flemish

Visit of the Magi and Annunciation

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Flemish

Culture

Flemish

Title

Visit of the Magi and Annunciation

Year

1350-1374

Medium

  • ivory

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • ivory

Materials

ivory

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Flemish inscription on back in Gothic letters around border: DIT GAF DONAE [S]/DIE MOER M[ER] VRAUE/TAN[N]E TVOS INT JAER MCCCCLXXVIII. Translated as "Donaes de Moer gave this to Milady Tanne, the daugher of De vos in 1478." (Richard Randall, transl., who notes that "It is interesting that the ivory was presented a century after it had been made, suggesting it was still in use and that the donor felt that the ift was of such significance that it was inscripted and dated."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of John Marshall

Object Number

27.185

Type

  • Sculpture

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Flemish
Visit of the Magi and Annunciation, 1350-1374
ivory
Gift of John Marshall 27.185

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use