Inv. F 1963
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; blessing gesture; crown.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: Child's left forearm; upper part of the flower or sceptre held by the Virgin.
Crown chipped.
The head of Christ broke off and was glued back into place.
Provenance
Collection of Mikhail Petrovich Botkin (b. 1839, d. 1914), Saint Petersburg; transferred to the Hermitage in 1919.
Bibliography
Sobranie M. P. Botkina (Saint Petersburg, 1911), Table 54.
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 207.
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