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Relief (appliqué; probably fragment from a triptych or tabernacle) (Front)
Relief (appliqué; probably fragment from a triptych or tabernacle) (Front)
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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 7102 (almost completely destroyed)

Ivory

Height: 260mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ on left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a bird in his right hand; belt; crown.

Volbach 1923: France, mid 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Prior to WWII
Missing: right hand of the Virgin; left hand of Christ. Crown partly broken.
Today
Almost completely destroyed during WWII; one small fragment has survived.

Provenance
Broili collection, Würzburg; acquired by the Museum from Broili in Berlin in 1913; undocumented after 7 April 1945; one small piece brought to Wiesbaden in 1946; returned to Berlin-Dahlem in 1958.

Bibliography
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 37, pl. 43.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 240.


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