Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; belt.
Pératé 1911: late 13th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Northern French, 1270-1280.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Originally carved in the round but back badly damaged (burnt?).
Object Condition
Missing: right forearm of the Virgin; upper part of Christ's body.
19th-century (?) replacement arm reattached (not visible on photograph), but not the head of Christ.
Back badly damaged (burnt?).
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. 19, pl. XVI.
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