Master of the Berlin Triptych
Virgin and Child in Glory

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Virgin and Child in Glory
Datec. 1325–1350
PlaceFrance
MediumIvory
Dimensions5 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in. (14 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number71.7
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
201 Reckling Gallery
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ProvenanceCollection of Octave Homberg (1876–1941), Paris; Collection of Madame Homberg (widow of Octave Homberg), Paris; Collection Ernst Kofler-Truninger, Lucerne, Switzerland; purchased from E. Kofler by MFAH with funds provided by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest, March 27, 1971.
Exhibition History"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 1980–January 4, 1981.

"Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age," Detroit Institute of Arts, March 9–May 11, 1997; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, June 22–August 31, 1997 [no. 122].

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.

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