Inv. 882.37
Death of the Virgin (Dormition).
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris?), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of red wax. Pencil inscription 'collection coffinet'.
Provenance
Collection of Abbé Jean-Baptiste Coffinet, secretary to the bishopric of Troyes (d. 1882); acquired by the Société Académique; now part of the collection of the Musée Saint-Loup.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 261; II, no. 726.
La Vierge dans l'art français, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Petit-Palais, 1950, no. 246.
De Madonna in de Kunst, 1954, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1954, no. 281.
L'Art en Champagne au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, April-July 1959, no. 103.
Précieux Moyen Âge: la collection Coffinet, Petit journal de l'exposition, Troyes, Musée Saint-Loup, 14 May-18 September 2011.
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2012].
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