Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; brooch; ring.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Eastern France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (ochre, blue, red, black: see report by A. Cascio and J. Levy, 1996).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: left hand of Christ.
Chips to the hem of the mantle under the right elbow of the Virgin. Head of Christ broken and stuck back on (perhaps also recut?). Cracks at the edge of the base.
Two holes under the base.
Comments
On her right hand, the Virgin wears a ring with a gold bezel which holds an emerald.
Provenance
Charles Mège collection, Paris (before 1909); Élisabeth Mège collection, Paris; bequest of Élisabeth Mège, 1958, accepted 1961.
Bibliography
G. Migeon, 'La Collection Mège', in Les Arts, 86 (1909), p. 12.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 106; II, no. 100; III, pl. XXX.
H. Landais, 'La donation Mège', in Revue du Louvre, 1961, pp. 109-110, fig. 2.
Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre, 1947-1967, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, 1967-1968, no. 262.
L'Art décoratif d'Europe occidentale, IXe-XVIe siècles, d'après les collections du musée du Louvre et de Cluny, exhibition catalogue, Leningrad and Moscow, 1980-1981, no. 6.
Les Fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, ed. by F. Baron, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1981, no. 120.
L'art au temps des rois maudits: Philippe le Bel et ses fils (1285-1328), exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1998, no. 105.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 180.
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