Inv. 64618 (Morey A87)
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist, under a trefoil arch.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Morey 1936: Italy, 14th century.
Giusti 1982: Northern France, c. 1250-1260.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing modern hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth, with engraved arches.
Object Condition
Missing: left side and bottom right corner (replaced with wood).
Provenance
Mentioned in the inventory of Clement XIII, pope from 1758 to 1769 (Inv. Clemente XIII, f. 89v).
Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), II, no. 49, pl. XI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 144; II, no. 230.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 78, no. A87, pl. XX.
P. Giusti, 'Une Madonna in avorio nel Museo Duca di Martina. Plastica minore e scultura monumentale nella Francia del XIII secolo', in Bollettino d'Arte, 67 (1982), pp. 77-86 (fig. 6).
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, p. 552, in relation to no. 157.
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