Raising of Lazarus; Martha and Mary, his sisters; Christ blocking his nose against the dead man's smell; Lazarus, wrapped in a shroud, emerges from the tomb.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st third of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Uncarved. Scratched in order to be glued onto a surface. Slightly curved.
Object Condition
Lower part was broken and glued back into place.
Comments
This relief, together with OA 7272A, also in the Louvre, must have been part of a larger ensemble featuring scenes from the Passion.
Provenance
Félix Doistau collection, Paris: gift of Félix Doistau, 1919.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 159, n. 1; II, no. 270bis.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 146.
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