Inv. 424
Seated Virgin with Child; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Chris in long robe; crown; bench.
Gruyer 1902 and Paris 1930: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red (Virgin's robe; Christ's robe; lips), black (pupils), green (Virgin's cloak), dark red (inside some folds), traces of red bole and gold (hair; crown; bird; inside some folds; seat). White residue on the Virgin's and Christ's face and on the Virgin's right hand.
Reverse
Carved in the round, but lower relief on the back.
Label with inscription '1007'.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 424.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1007.
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