Inv. 68 C
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; blessing gesture; Christ holding a book; Virgin holding a fruit in her right hand; throne decorated with small lion heads; Virgin trampling a monster under each foot (basilisks).
Museum's opinion 2012: France, 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Carved in the round, except for the back of the throne, which is flat and smooth with a cavity, possibly to house a relic.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the throne; toes of Christ. Head and right arm of Christ, and right arm of the Virgin have broken away and have been glued back into place.
Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.
Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Rome, 1898), p. 219, no. 68.
A. Goldschmidt, Die Elfenbeinskulpturen aus deir Zeit der Karolingischen und sächsischen Kaiser (Berlin, 1914-1926), III, p. 37, no. 134.
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