Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand. Risen Christ raising his right arm and displaying his side wound.
Ivy leaf or vine leaf pattern.
Giusti 1982: Northern France, c. 1260-1270.
Lowden 2013: England or Northern France, c. 1250-1300. Radiocarbon dating: 95.4% probability that the elephant died between 1015-1157.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy visible under microscope.
Reverse
Incised profile head of a man, initials 'WWD'; 'No. I' inscribed in ink.
Object Condition
Edges are thin and broken. Top edge shaved.
Two holes on either side of the figures. Two smaller holes on the left and right edges in the upper third of the panel.
Comments
This panel may have formed part of a crozier.
Provenance
Thomas Gambier Parry, Highnam Court (Gloucestershire)(d. 1888), first recorded in 1860 in collection notes; Sir Hubert Parry (d. 1918), his eldest son (from 1888); Ernest Gambier-Parry (d. 1936), half-brother of Hubert (from 1918); Mark Gambier-Parry (d. 1966), youngest son of Ernest (from 1936); bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute Galleries in 1966.
Bibliography
P. Giusti, 'Une Madonna in avorio nel Museo Duca di Martina. Plastica minore e scultura monumentale nella Francia del XIII secolo', in Bollettino d'Arte, 67 (1982), p. 82, fig. 12 and n. 24.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), no. 2, pp. 42-45.
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