Paris, Musée du Louvre; on loan to the Musée national du Moyen Âge-Musée de Cluny
Courting couple (meeting of lovers); offering of the heart. Castle.
Foliated corner terminals.
Westwood 1876: France, end of the 13th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 15th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Northern Italy, early 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for mirror. Screw thread for pendant.
Labelled: 'Chefs d'oeuvre de l'art français / 1937' and 'Louvre 139'.
Inscriptions in ink: 'A. 66', 'Revoil 194'. In pencil: 'no. 139'.
Comments
This case is very similar to an ivory in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (Koechlin (1924) number 1114).
Provenance
Collection of Pierre Révoil, Lyon (no. 892); acquired from him in 1828 by the Musée du Louvre; on loan to the Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge since 1948, renewed by arrêté of 10 July 1986.
Bibliography
M. de Laborde, Notice des émaux, bijoux et objets divers exposés dans les galeries du musée du Louvre (Paris, 1857), no. 892.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 66.
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 868 ('58.216).
L. Courajod, La Collection Révoil du musée du Louvre (Caen, 1886), no. 169.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 139.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 411; II, no. 1111.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 276.
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