Standing Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on left arm; crown.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding.
Reverse
Slightly curved. Smooth.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the Virgin's head; lower part of the Virgin's robe and feet; upper part of Christ's head.
Left hand of Christ broken at the wrist.
Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris; Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
A. Pératé, Collections Georges Hoentschel. Ivoires, orfèvrerie religieuse, pierres (Paris, 1911), no. 27, pl. XXIII.
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