Inv. F 1212
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding an orb or a fruit in his left hand.
Throne decorated with tracery and blind arches.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: English (?), 15th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Smooth and curved. The pulp cavity is visible but has been filled with an unidentified substance.
Object Condition
Part of the base at the front has been cut out.
Provenance
Collection of Stepan Nikolaevich Mitusov (b. 1847; d. 1922 (?)), Saint Petersburg: his sale, Saint Petersburg, 1897, lot 146 (Katalog kollektsii predmetov iz slonovoi kosti S. N. Mitusova (Saint Petersburg, 1897), no. 146). Collection of the Museum of the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts (Muzei OPKh); transferred to the Hermitage in 1919.
Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 145.
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