Inv. MA 2036
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers; haloes.
Berliner 1926: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Paper glued onto the back.
Blue and white label with inscription: '388'.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the angel's candle on the left.
Red tinfoil and framing ivory panels are modern additions.
Hole in the right border. Heavily varnished. Paper glued on the edges and back surface.
Provenance
Gruber Collection, in 1828; collection of Martin Joseph von Reider, Bamberg; acquired in 1860 by the Museum.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1403, pl. XXVIII.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 40.
M. Weniger, 'Die Kunstschätze des Martin Joseph von Reider: Rekonstruktion, Eigenart, Bedeutung. Ein Arbeitsbericht zum 150. Todestag des Sammlers', in Berichte des Historischen Vereins Bamberg 148 (2012), pp. 195-264 (p. 203).
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