Saint George and the dragon; princess praying; trees.
Foliated border. Crosshatched background.
Koechlin 1924: France (?), 19th century (?).
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: France?, late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. Modern handle.
Object Condition
Chip at the bottom, where the handle joins the pax (modern handle).
Comments
According to Vivet 1993, the iconography derived from an engraving by Master E. S. active in Germany before 1467.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot, Paris (no. 291); gift of A.-C. Sauvageot, 1856.
Bibliography
A. Sauzay, Musée impérial du Louvre. Catalogue du musée Sauvageot (Paris, 1861), no. 291.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 114.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 144.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 342; II, in relation to no. 935.
C. Vivet, 'Les Baisers de Paix en ivoire de la fin du Moyen Âge dans les collections publiques françaises', in Mémoires de l'École du Louvre, 1993, no. 46.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 247.
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