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Hair parter (gravoir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Modena, Galleria Estense

Inv. 8031

Ivory

Courting couple (meeting of lovers); offering of the heart; youth kneeling before his lover; winged God of Love in a tree; God of Love the heart with an arrow.
Foliated capital.

Museum's opinion 2014: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: left arm of the God of Love; his wings are chipped.

Provenance
Collection of Giorgio Trebbi, Bologna: acquired by the gallery in 1947.

Image

© Galleria Estense, Modena.
Credit line: Su concessione del Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo - Archivo Fotografico della SBSAE di Modena e Reggio Emilia.

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