Inv. MA 2029
Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a pear in her right hand; belt; crown; interior; throne; crosshatched walls; windows.
Twisted columns; foliated decoration in the spandrels.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th or early 16th century.
Berliner 1926: Northern France, c. 1500.
Richter 2003: Netherlands or Northern France, c. 1480.
Museum's opinion 2014: Northern France, c. 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. A metal rod and ring has been fitted into it.
Label with handwritten inscription: '419'.
Labels with printed inscriptions: 'K. VI. 1396', '2029'.
Object Condition
Tinted brown.
Missing: part of the upper border (a hole was drilled, presumably for hanging, and made this piece break away).
Vertical break in the lower part of the piece, to the right of the Virgin.
Face of the Virgin worn.
Provenance
Acquired before 1896.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1396, pl. XXIX.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 57, in relation to no. 704.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 334; II, no. 926.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 64.
T. Richter, Paxtafeln und Pacificalia, Studien zu Form, Ikonographie und liturgischem Gebrauch (Weimar, 2003), no. 91.
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