Inv. GL 1055
Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ seated on left arm.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), beginning of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (veil).
Reverse
The back is projecting forward so that the cross section of this piece is slightly triangular. Chamfered on both edges.
Object Condition
Missing: lower part of the piece, right and left colonnettes, lower part of the Virgin's robe. Two holes after modern reparation, one with a metal screw. Trace left by a horizontal metal strip linking these two holes.
Provenance
Acquired in 1883 from art dealer Michel (rue Pelletier) by Bruno Vayson, first husband of Marie Labadié, for 120 francs; Marie, following the death of her second husband, Louis Grobet, in 1917, gave her collection to the city of Marseille in 1919; the museum opened to the public in 1925.
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