Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding Christ's foot in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; crown; bench.
Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century (before 1850).
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Label under the base with the inscription: 'Musée de Lyon'.
Object Condition
Traces of restoration on the left side of the base.
Ten holes in the sides and back of the seat.
The head and hands of Christ are carved out of separate pieces of ivory: the left hand moves and the right hand is not in place anymore. The crown can be removed. Vertical cracks on the face of the Virgin.
Provenance
Collection of Jacques-Amédée Lambert: his bequest to the Museum in 1850.
Bibliography
On Jacques-Amédée Lambert, see: J.-F. Garmier, 'Le Goût du Moyen Âge chez les collectionneurs lyonnais du XIXe siècle', in Revue de l'Art 47 (1980), p. 57 (where he is erroneously called Jacques-Antoine).
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