Molinier 1896: Germany, early 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: Germany, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 1978: Mosan or Rhenish, c. 1350-1370.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Mosan or Rhenish, c. 1340-c. 1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two missing hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (light).
Reverse
On both wings, inscribed in ink: 'Revoil 414'.
On the left wing: 'no. 119', 'no. 876', 'N. 1042', 'A 40'.
On the right wing: '161'; labelled: 'no. 877'.
Object Condition
Good condition. 2 modern holes at the top of each wing.
Provenance
Collection of Pierre Révoil, Lyon (no. 356). Acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1828.
Bibliography
M. de Laborde, Notice des émaux, bijoux et objets divers exposés dans les galeries du musée du Louvre (Paris, 1857), no. 876, 877.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 40.
L. Courajod, La Collection Révoil du musée du Louvre (Caen, 1886), no. 356.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 119.
H. Kehrer, Die heiligen drei Könige in Literatur und Kunst (Leipzig, 1908-1909), p. 163.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 213-214;, 221, 223, 225; II, no. 488bis; III, pl. XC.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires du Moyen Age (Freiburg, 1978), no. 242, p. 158, fig. 242, 243.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 318 (cited).
Treasures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. french Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, exhibition catalogue, Yokohama, 1989, no. 16 (cited).
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 188.
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