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Religious.

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Frankfurt am Main, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung

Inv. 1627

Ivory

Height: 233mm
Width: 75mm
Depth: 35mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on right arm; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding a bird in her left hand; crown.

Schenkluhn 1987 and Museum's opinion 2012: French, c. 1350.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Slightly curved with crosshatching; three holes.

Object Condition
Missing: Christ's right hand.
Crown chipped.
Hole in the Virgin's cloak going right through to the back (plugged).

Provenance
Acquired from the Roth Collection, Switzerland, in 1980.

Bibliography
H. Beck, in Städel-Jahrbuch NF 9 (1981), pp. 365, 366, fig. 12.
W. Schenkluhn, Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. I: Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Melsungen, 1987), no. 36, pp. 72-74.


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