Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; blessing gesture.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Giusto 1982: 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Gilding: traces around canopy, arch and columns, Virgin's necklace, crown, dress and sides of chair. Red paint on the base of the Virgin's dress and sides of the chair.
Reverse
Crosshatching. Drilled indentations on both top corners. Carved foot of a cross at the base and incised outline of a cross.
Object Condition
Missing: top right of canopy. Virgin's hand may have previously held an object, her hand is clasped with a space for a pole or sceptre.
Central hole in the roof of the canopy.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); bought from him by the Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 329, Pl. LIX.
P. Giusti, 'Un Madonna in avorio nel Museo Duca di Martina. Plastica minore e scultura monumentale nella Francia del XIII secolo', in Bollettino d'Arte, 67 (1982), pp. 77-86 (p. 83, n. 28, fig. 16)
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