Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Pointed trefoils. Pinnacles.
Randall 1993: North French, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red (lining of the Virgin's and the angel's cloak; architectural details), gold (along the hems, hair).
Object Condition
Cracked around the lower hinge.
Missing: lower left corner.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Lillian Malcove (b. 1902, d. 1981), New York (bought from Mathias Komor, New York, in 1960); bequeathed to the University of Toronto in 1981 .
Bibliography
S. Campbell, The Malcove Collection, University of Toronto (Toronto, 1985), no. 418.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 112.
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