Inv. F 3199
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks; orb and cross.
Register 2: Crucifixion, with spear or jet of blood pointing towards the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Koechlin 1924: French, mid 14th century.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Germany (?), mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Missing: candle of the angel to the left.
Sword or jet of blood broken.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Traces of a later frame on the back.
Provenance
Acquired in 1879 from A. Beurdeley in Paris for the collection of the Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg; transferred to the Hermitage in 1923.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 280-283; II, no. 784; III, pl. CXXXIII.
Zapadnoevropeiskaia reznaia kost' IX-XIX vekov iz sobraniia Ermitazha: katalog vystavki, exhibition catalogue, Leningrad [Saint Petersburg], The State Hermitage Museum, 1973, no. 16.
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 116.
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