Inv. 115 C
Saint Louis (king Louis IX of France) performs one of the Seven Acts of Mercy; saint Louis burying the dead while his companions cover their noses from the stench; monk; crown; skull.
Tiled roof or brickwork; pinnacles.
Gerspach 1904: France, 14th century.
Chiesi 2011: Paris, 1320-1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.
Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Florence, 1898), p. 234, no. 115.
E. Gerspach, 'La Collection Carrand au musée national de Florence', in Les Arts 32 (August 1904), pp. 2-32 (p. 26, fig. 91).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 444 n. 1.
B. Chiesi, Catalogo degli avori gotici del Museo Nazionale del Bargello (unpublished PhD thesis - Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2011), pp. 189-204.
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