Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy are visible in the eyes of the figures and microscopic examination shows traces of gesso or paint.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: Virgin's right forearm of the Virgin; both hands of Christ.
The Virgin's head has been carved to hold a crown and there are four small holes in the ivory associated with this.

Provenance
Bought by the Nelson-Atkins Museum from the Brummer Gallery, New York, in 1934 thanks to the William Rockhill Nelson Trust.

Bibliography
The William Rockhill Nelson Collection (Kansas City, 1949), p. 110.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 25.
Images in Ivory. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, ed. by Peter Barnet, exhibition catalogue, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1997, no. 47.
A. von Hülsen-Esch, D. Täube, 'Luft unter die Flügel...'. Beiträge zur mittelalterlichen Kunst, p. 180, fig. 8.