Immaculate Virgin, anonymous, c. 1520

Identification

Title(s)

Immaculate Virgin
Maria Immaculata, with Symbols of her Immaculate Conception

Object type

Object number

BK-2008-69

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, on the banderole of God the Father, incised: ‘TOTA PVLC[h]RA E[s]AMICA MEA ET MACVLA [non] EST IN TE’ (‘thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee’, Song of Songs 4:7)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the sun above left, incised: ‘ELECTA VT SOL’ (‘clear as the sun’, Song of Songs 6:10)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the moon above left, incised: ‘PVLC[h]RA VT LVN[a]’ ('fair as the moon’, Song of Songs 6:10)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the star upper right, incised: ‘STELLA MARIS’ ('star of the sea’, after Jerome)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the heavenly gate, incised: ‘PORTA C[o]ELI’ (‘Heaven’s gate’)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the lily between thistles, beneath the star on the right, incised: ‘SICVT [l]I[l]IVM INT[er spinas]’ (‘like a lily among thorns’, Song of Songs 2:2)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the rose, left of Mary, incised: ‘PIANTACIO R[osae]’ (‘[like] the planting of roses’, Ecclesiasticus 24:18)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the Tower of David, on the right next to Mary, incised: ‘TVR[r]IS DAVID CV[m] P[ro]PVG[naculis]’ (‘[like] the tower of David, built for an armoury’, Song of Songs 4:4)
inscription, on the banderole around the olive tree, far right, incised: ‘OLIVA SPECIO[s]A’ (‘[like] a fair olive tree’, Ecclesiasticus 24:19)
inscription, on the banderole around the cedar tree, far left, incised: ‘CEDRVS EXSALTAT [a]’ (‘[I am] exalted like a cedar’, Ecclesiasticus 24:17)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the well, bottom far left, incised: ‘PVTEV[s] AQVAR[ium] VIVENT[ium]’ ('a well of living waters’, Song of Songs 4:15)
inscription, on the banderole around the two blossoming shoots, left of Mary’s legs, incised: ‘[vi]RGA IESSE FLORVIT’ (‘a twig [from the tree of] Jesse blossoms’, verse from the Commune festorum Beatae Mariae)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the convex mirror, right of Mary’s legs, incised: ‘SPEC[ulum] SINE MACVLA’ (‘a spotless mirror’, Wisdom 7:26)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the fountain, far right, incised: ‘FONS [h]ORTO[rum]’ (‘a fountain of gardens’, Song of Songs 4:15)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the enclosed garden, bottom centre, incised: ‘[h]ORTVS CONCLVSV[s]’ ('an enclosed garden’, Song of Songs 4:12)
inscription, on the banderole beneath the city, bottom far right, incised
inscription, on the reverse, incised: ‘barthelemy PRINET 1758’

Description

Rechthoekig reliëf van ivoor gedecoreerd met een voorstelling van een staande Maria in gebed, omgeven door symbolen van haar onbevlekte ontvangenis en doorlopende banderollen met teksten. Bovenin een zegenende God de Vader. Het geheel tegen een gearceerde achtergrond en omgeven door een kleine kabelrand. Op de achterzijde een ingekraste tekst: 'Barthelemy Prinet 1758'.