Saint John the Evangelist and onlooker holding a scroll (part of a Crucifixion scene).
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Vienna 1964: France, end of the 13th century or early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: France, c. 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: red (lining of saint John's cloak), gold (cloak, hair; beard; book; decoration along the hems).
Reverse
Slightly curved. Uneven with crosshatching and notches. Label with printed inscription: '174'.
Object Condition
Missing: scroll held by the onlooker beside saint John; nose and fingers of right hand of saint John.
Two holes in the upper part of the piece.
Provenance
Transferred in 1891 from the k.k. Münz- und Antikenkabinett.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 264; II, no. 747.
Katalog der Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe (Vienna, 1964), I. Mittelalter, no. 9.
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