Inv. 71.163
Ivory;bone (later base, probably Scandinavian, 18th century);metal (crown).
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Child pulling the front of the Virgin's veil; original crown.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: Flanders or France, N., 4th quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Plaque from the lower inner curve of a tusk; back pierced as a window.
Object Condition
Missing: left arm of Christ.
Two later holes in the Virgin's robe for attachment to the bone base.
Provenance
Collection of Alfred André, restorer of art works, Paris: his sale, Paris, 23-24 April 1920, lot 256 to Léon Gruel; bought from Léon Gruel by Henry Walters in Paris in 1922; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 283.
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