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| Keywords: French - Plaque with the God of Love - Walters 71207 - View A.jpg Two couples are seen beneath a tree from which the God of Love throws arrows down upon them The scene is set within a seven-lobed frame with three-pointed leaves in each spandrel The corners are brought to a square with leaf-corner terminals The liripipes from the hoods and sleeves of the lovers suggests a date in the 2nd half of the century The plaque is cut square trimming the edges of the circular frame on three sides The back is polished smooth and does not seem to have been altered from a mirror case as had been suggested Its original use is unknown; it could have been the cover of a square box an ornament for a book cover or inset in some object It has been burned in the lower side and discolored most noticeably at the lower left corner 3rd quarter 14th century Medieval ivory cm 7 8 7 7 accession number 71 207 15917 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
