Inv. 71.279
The Prodigal Son.
Register 1: the prodigal son on horseback with a hawk on his wrist; servant on horseback; maiden welcoming the prodigal.
Register 2: Father dividing his inheritance; the prodigal son stands with a hawk on his wrist beside his mother and brother; coins; precious objects.
Westwood 1876: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), 1330-1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax. Label with inscription: 'Rosenheim Collection no. 114'.
Object Condition
Two holes in the centre at the sides for cords to attach the leaf to others.
Comments
The scenes read from bottom to top.
Provenance
Collection of Max and Maurice Rosenheim, London: sold, Sotheby's, London, 9-11 May 1923, lot 294 (or Sotheby's, 5 October 1923, lot 294 (sold for £36)). Nicolas G. Bruno collection, Paris. Bought by Henry Walters before 1931. Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 440 (`73.165).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, 436, 439; II, no. 1213.
The International Style: The Arts of Europe around 1400, ed. by P. Verdier, exhibition catalogue, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1962, no. 114.
R. H. Randall, Medieval Ivories in the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, 1969), no. 22.
R. H. Randall, 'The Prodigal Son', in The Bulletin of the Walters Art Gallery, 22: 5 (1970), pp. 2-3.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 336.
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