Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Fondation Gandur pour l'Art (Switzerland)

FGA-AD-BA-17

Ivory

Height: 250 mm
Width: 190 mm
Depth: 140 mm

Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body); rock.

Institution's opinion 2015 (Brigitte Roux): South German, 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Crack in the head of Christ. Hole at the back of the Virgin's head.
Missing: large piece at the back. Several holes at the back.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 21 December 2010, lot 278: acquired at this sale by the Gandur Foundation.

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