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Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Rouen, Musée Départemental des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime

Inv. 937

Ivory

Height: 245mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on right arm; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding a bird in her left hand.

Danielle Gaborit-Chopin's opinion 2010: France, last quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: part of the Virgin's head; head and left hand of Christ; right side of Christ's body including his right arm.
Trace of an ivory crown on the head of the Virgin. Very damaged.

Comments
Under the base, label with stamped inscription: 'MUSEE DES ANTIQUITES Seine Inférieure'; in black ink: ' tome II, p.87, n°880' and in blue pen: 'iv.11' (?).

Provenance
Collection of Arsène Jouant. Acquired by the museum in 1857.

Bibliography
Joconde, catalogue collectif des collections des musées de France: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm


Image

© cg76 - Musée départemental des Antiquités - Rouen. Photography: Yohann Deslandes.

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