Side 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Side 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks. Kneeling angel at the base of the volute.
Foliated decoration (ivy or briony). Row of blind arches.
Museum's opinion 2012: 18th century- 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Provenance
On deposit from the Clercs de Saint-Viateur de Joliette.
Bibliography
W. Corbeil, Le Musée d'art de Joliette (Montreal, 1971), no. 202.
C. Phillips, M. Bismanis, Canada Collects the Middle Ages / Le Moyen Age Au Travers Des Collections Canadiennes, exhibition catalogue, Régina, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1986, p. 179 (ill. on p. 113).
M. Paradis, Présence des ivoires religieux dans les collections québécoises, exhibition catalogue, Musée d'art de Joliette, 1990-1992, p. 53, fig. 26.
Question d'échelle, volet 2/2: Petit et concis, exhibition catalogue, Joliette, Musée d'art de Joliette, 2006, p. 24.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 154.
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