Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing in the Virgin's lap; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding Christ with both hands; bench.

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), c. 1310-1330.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy along the hems. Cracks camouflaged with ochre paint.
See A. Cascio and J. Levy, Rapports de nettoyage et de restauration des ivoires médiévaux du département des Objets d'art du Louvre (unpublished reports), 1995.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: crown; hole under the base and 3 holes in the head for a modern metal crown.
Flowers of the crown broken.

Comments
Red wax seal on the lower part of the throne.

Provenance
Louis-Charles Timbal collection, Paris, no. 43; acquired in 1882 by the Musée du Louvre.

Bibliography
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires, (Paris, 1896), no. 43.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 242; II, no. 672.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 141.

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