Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a fruit in her right hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ touching the back of the Virgin's veil; brooch; crown.
Koechlin 1924: France, end of first third of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Northern France, c. 1250-1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Carved in the round. Deep vertical crack at the back.
Object Condition
Missing: head of Christ; finger on the right hand of the Virgin.
Chip on the Virgin's cheek and on the crown.
Comments
The pupils of the Virgin are drilled.
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
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 108; II, no. 112.
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