Inv. 64626 (Morey A88)
Ivory;wood (later gilt background, frame and bases).
Seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Morey 1936: Italy, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red, green, gold.
Reverse
Back hidden by the frame.
Object Condition
Missing: candlestick held by the angel on the right.
Comments
Only the three figures remain from the original piece, which may have been a polyptych. The frame measures: 231 x 125 x 18mm.
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), no. 65, pl. XVII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 122, 136; II, no. 121.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), pp. 78-79, no. A88, pl. XXI.
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