Gothic Ivories Project | Relief (appliqué) (Front)

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; belt.

Koechlin 1924: 2nd half of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Ivory pulp chamber visible.Crosshatching for glue.

Object Condition
Ivory cracked.
Missing: right forearm and hand of the Virgin; head of Christ; upper part of the Virgin's head.
Chips around the edge of the Virgin's veil.
Fingers of Christ broken.

Provenance
Jean-Charles Davillier collection, Paris (no. 33); bequest of J.-C. Davillier to the Museum in 1883.

Bibliography
L. Courajod and E. Molinier, Donation du baron Charles Davillier. Catalogue des objets exposés au musée du Louvre (Paris, 1885), no. 33.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 54.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 240; II, no. 648.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 142.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 8.

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