Saint Catherine of Alexandria trampling Maxentius; wheel; martyr's palm (broken); bench.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 14th or early 15th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Rhineland, c. 1400 or first decades of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: martyr's palm formerly held by the saint. Crown partly broken. Traces of gluing and hole under the base. Generally in good condition.
Provenance
Jules Maciet collection; donated in 1894 to the Musée du Louvre.
Bibliography
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 115.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 257; II, no. 715.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 232.
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