Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; two angels.
Crosshatched background.
Molinier 1890: French, end of the 14th-beginning of the 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (?), 14th-15th century or 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth, with some scoring. Remains of labels; one with the printed inscription '765'.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the Virgin's right hand; nose of the angel on the right side.
Comments
Though modern, the object is in the style of the 14th-15th centuries.
Provenance
Collection of Frédéric Spitzer, Paris: his sale, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 137. Oppenheim collection, Cologne. Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 102 (E. Molinier).
A. Schnütgen, 'Französisches Elfenbein-Medallion des XV Jahrhunderts', in Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst (1893), p. 247.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 348; II, no. 981; III, pl. CLXXI.
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