Painted mitre: front panel adorned with a historical scene. Front view.

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 12924 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Painted mitre: rear panel adorned with a historical scene. Rear view.

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 12924 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Painted mitre: rear panel adorned with a historical scene. Rear view.

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 12924 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Painted lappets: Virgin and Child and a bishop in prayer under Gothic arcades. Front view.

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 12924 (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Painted lappets: angels in prayer under Gothic arcades. Front view.

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 12924 (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Painted mitre from the Sainte-Chapelle

Description

Not on display

Circa 1365-1370

Late Middle Ages

This mitre, which comes from the embroidered mitre Cl. 12923 from the treasure of the Sainte-Chapelle, also depicts religious scenes in an architectural setting, and a bishop praying before the Virgin and Child on the fanons.

But its technique is very different: it is painted on silk in India ink using the "grisaille" painting technique. The simple black decoration on a white background and the iconography (the Entombment and Resurrection) lead one to suppose that this is a mitre for mourning or Lent.
 

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