Gothic Ivories Project | Medallion (médaillon) (Back)

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
The saint's left arm is broken.

Comments
This medallion may have originally been intended to be inserted in a larger object, possibly a casket (Malgouyres 2010).

Provenance
Collection of Amédée Bouvier, Amiens: his sale, 8-16 December 1873, lot 22. Collection of Émile Gavet: his sale, Paris, 31 May-9 June 1897, lot 321, with ill. (mirror image); Collection of Michel Boy, Paris: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13-14 May 1905, lot 306. Collection of Félix Doistau: his donation to the Museum in 1919.

Bibliography
P. Malgouyres, Ivoires de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes. La Collection du Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2010), no. 49.

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