Swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women (probably part of a Crucifixion scene).
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. Label with no. '389'.
Object Condition
Hole drilled under the Virgin's right arm.
Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris. J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York (until 1917); estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917)l gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
A. Pératé, Collections Georges Hoentschel. Ivoires, orfèvrerie religieuse, pierres (Paris, 1911), no. 28, pl. XXIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), p. 267 (in relation to no. 743).
The Pierpont Morgan wing: a handbook by Joseph Breck and Meyric Rogers (New York, 1929), 2nd ed., p. 110.
All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.
