Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing to the right; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Virgin trampling a monster under her left foot; crown; belt.
Baron 1981: Paris (?), circa 1320-1330.
Gaborit-Chopin 1998: Paris, circa 1310-1330.
Robinson 2008: Paris, about 1330.
Museum's opinion 2011: French (Paris), circa 1310-1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of revived polychromy and gilding, especially on the hem of the Virgin's cloak and her belt, hair. Gilding, on belt and on hem of clothing.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the base and part of the object held by the Virgin's hand.
Head and hand of Christ detached and glued back into place. Base reworked.
Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (b. 1850, d. 1912), Bath House, London (no. 130-692); inherited by Sir Harold Wernher (b. 1893, d. 1973), Lutton Hoo; bequeathed to the British Museum in 1978.
Bibliography
C. Little, 'Ivoires et art gothique', in Revue de l'art 46 (1979), pp. 58-67.
Les Fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, ed. by F. Baron, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1981, no. 130.
P. Williamson, Medieval Sculpture and Works of Art. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (London, 1987), p. 118, fig. 2.
L'art au temps des rois maudits: Philippe le Bel et ses fils (1285-1328), exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1998, no. 109, p. 174.
C. Ferment, Les Statuettes d'ivoire en Europe du Moyen Âge au XIXe siècle (Paris, 2000), p. 165, fig. X.2.
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo (May 2002), pp. 17-22
J. Robinson, Masterpieces of Medieval Art (London, 2008), p. 117.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 6.
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