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Medieval Multiplied: the ivory mirror case

This webpage accompanies the exhibition, Medieval Multiplied: A Gothic Ivory and its Reproductions, held at The Courtauld Gallery from 19 October 2024 till 16 February 2025.

On this page you will find a new digital model of a Gothic ivory mirror case from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. You can compare this model with the original ivory, shown below, and with reproductions of it in other media.

Assault on the Castle of Love

Storming the Castle of Love Mirror (no texture) by ThinkSee3D on Sketchfab

depiction of The Assault on the Castle of Love
Unknown artists, Paris, France, ivory mirror case carved with ‘The Assault on the Castle of Love’, c. 1325–50. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. The Courtauld
Elkington and Co., London, plaster cast of the V&A’s ivory mirror case, 1855. From the collection of A. W. Franks, now in The Courtauld
Unidentified artist with the initials ‘CA’ or ‘AC’, wood engraving (left hand side) in William Maskell, Ivories, ancient & mediaeval, London, 1875. The Courtauld
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. The Courtauld
Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911), photograph in William Maskell, Description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872. The Courtauld

 

  • Unknown artists, Paris, France, ivory mirror case carved with ‘The Assault on the Castle of Love’, c. 1325–50. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
  • James Basire the Younger (1769–1822), copper-plate engraving in Archaeologia, the journal of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1812. The Courtauld
  • Elkington and Co., London, plaster cast of the V&A’s ivory mirror case, 1855. From the collection of A. W. Franks, now in The Courtauld.
  • Unidentified artist with the initials ‘CA’ or ‘AC’, wood engraving (left hand side) in William Maskell, Ivories, ancient & mediaeval, London, 1875. The Courtauld.
  • Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. The Courtauld.
  • Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911), photograph in William Maskell, Description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872. The Courtauld.

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