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Ceilngs with painted beams and flat recesses made up of painted panels were more characteristic of Christian than Moorish buildings in the 14th and 15th centuries, but the decoration of this particular panel nevertheless shows signs of Islamic influence, which survived in Spain well into the 16th century.","physicalDescription":"Rectangular wooden (probably pine) panel of a grey elephant with heavily striated ribs and limbs, amid yellow scrolls and flowers on a red ground, framed in an outer black border and inner red one.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pine","id":"AAT12620"},{"text":"tempera","id":"AAT15062"},{"text":"paint","id":"AAT15029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"planed","id":"AAT53863"},{"text":"sawing","id":"AAT53072"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Wooden (proably pine) panel with polychrome decoration in tempera","categories":[{"text":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2008BV3849","2008BV3864","2008BV3832"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"10A (VA)","id":"THES49098"},"free":"","case":"WS","shelf":"EXP","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Spain","id":"x29170"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1400","earliest":"1395-01-01","latest":"1404-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"29.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought with nine other panels (Museum Nos: 207 to 216 - 1894) from M. Stanislas    Baron, Rue Grange-Batelière 28 (Paris) for £0. 8s.\n\"Panel from a wooden ceiling, painted in black and yellow tempera colours on a red ground with an elephant; the space at the back is filled with a leafy and floral scroll. Painted by Moorish artists for the Spaniards. Hispano-Moresque; 15th century.\"\n\nHistorical significance: Ceilings with painted beams and panels are more often associated with Christian Spain, and this included Catalonia, whose coats of arms are emblazoned on No. 216-1894 of this set. Nevertheless, this panel is an interesting example of Middle Eastern influences, noticeable in the scrolls and stylized treatment of the elephant. Although somewhat crudely executed, it is a good example of the Islamic style of decoration found in interiors of houses even in the predominantly Christian parts of Spain.","historicalContext":"Ceilings in Christian Spain, during the Middle ages, were often supported by large, decoratively painted beams with painted panels like this example recessed between them. Examples include the ceiling over the cloister of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, south of Burgos, and the one over the Chapel of Santa Agüeda in Barcelona. Just as complex geometrical ceilings, supported by box-core pendants and inscribed with Arabic calligraphy, were characteristic of Moorish buildings, those with painted beams and panels were more often owned by Christians, and found in larger and more important rooms.","briefDescription":"Panel of wood (probably pine) with polychrome decoration in tempera, including an elephant; Spain, ca. 1400","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Arthur Byne and Mildred Stapley: Decorated wooden ceilings in Spain. 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