Inv. 662 (lost)
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Virgin holding a fruit in her right hand; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand.
Vöge 1900: Germany, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: Germany, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France (?), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: Germany, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (Volbach 1923).
Object Condition
Prior to WWII
Missing: right hand of the Virgin (replaced).
Provenance
Acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1843; undocumented after 7 April 1945.
Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 121, pl. XXXIII.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 50, pl. 42.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 240, 252; II, no. 653.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 63.
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