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Statuette (Top)

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Subject
Religious.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

17.190.196

Ivory

Height: 274mm
Width: 79mm
Depth: 53mm

Standing apostle holding a book.

Museum's opinion 2012: France or Italy (?), late 13th century (c. 1300).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round, but lower relief on the back.

Object Condition
Base partly broken at the front. Vertical cracks.
Abraded surface, especially the upper part of the figure.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York (bought from the Galerie A. Imbert, Rome); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

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