Inv. AN2008.24
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Pinnacles.
Warren 2014: France, mid- or third quarter of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Handwritten ink inscription in the lower left corner: ‘M.200.’.
Object Condition
Lower right corner chipped.
The lily once held by the Virgin has broken off; possibly candles also lost from candlesticks held by attendant angels.
Comments
The right wing of this diptych is now in the Wernher Collection in London (EE269).
The candle holders present no traces of holes for candles.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Helena Wright (b. 1887, d. 1982); collection of John Francis Mallett; his bequest to the Museum in 1947; Department of Western Art (WA1947.191.200); transferred to the Department of Antiquities in May 2008.
Bibliography
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo, 155 (May 2002), p. 22.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, no. 171.
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