Inv. Pl 55:2
Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo Lactans); Christ in long robe; Christ standing on Virgin's lap; bench.
Jülich 2007: France, end of 14th century, or Rhineland, second half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair; along the hems), red (mouth; crowns), pink (flesh), green (clothes)
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: head of Christ.
Drill hole on the underside (probably modern).
Provenance
Collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.
Bibliography
G. Schaefer, Die Denkmäler der Elfenbeinplastik des Großherzoglichen Museums zu Darmstadt in kunstgeschichtlicher Darstellung (Darmstadt, 1872), p. 69.
F. Back, Großherzoglich Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt, Führer durch die kunst- und historischen Sammlungen (Darmstadt, 1908), p. 46.
Kunstschätze aus dem Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1948), no. 27.
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 47.
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