Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Edith A. and Percy S. Strauss Collection
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding a stem in her right hand; Virgin trampling a monster under her left foot; belt; crown.
Randall 1993: North Italian, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy
Reverse
Carved in the round. Arches at the back of the bench.
Provenance
Edith A. and Percy S. Strauss collection (bought from Joseph Brummer, New York, January 1935): given by them to the Museum in 1941.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 206.
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