Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; bare-chested Christ; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; blessing gesture; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand.
Museum's opinion 2012: 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding: decorative pattern along the hems, hair.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Comments
This piece is copied after the Vierge de la Sainte-Chapelle in Paris (Musée du Louvre).
Provenance
Collection of Wilfrid Tisdell. On deposit from the Clercs de Saint-Viateur de Joliette.
Bibliography
M. Paradis, Présence des ivoires religieux dans les collections québécoises, exhibition catalogue, Musée d'art de Joliette, 1990-1992, pp. 112-113.
Question d'échelle, volet 2/2: Petit et concis, exhibition catalogue, Joliette, Musée d'art de Joliette, 2006, p. 24.
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