Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; belt; brooch.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
von Philippowich 1961: French, c. 1360-70.
Museum's opinion 2011: German (Upper Rhenish), 1375-1400.
Attribution
Kremsmünster Master (Museum's opinion)
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: right forearm (restored), crown and nose of the Virgin; head and right hand of Christ.
Head of Christ is restored, although original. Ivory very cracked.
Comments
The Virgin formerly wore a metal crown, now missing (Dalton 1909).
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 332, pl. LXXV.
E. von Philippowich, Elfenbein (Brunswick, 1961), p. 60, fig. 45.
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