Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork relief (appliqué) (Front)

Christ in the house of Martha and Mary (?); Judas making reproaches to Mary who is anointing Christ's feet; fish; bread; knife; ewer.

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.

Comments
This relief, together with OA 7272B, also in the Louvre, must have been part of a larger ensemble featuring scenes from the Passion. Gaborit-Chopin (2003) rejects the interpretation of this scene as being the Meal at Bethany (at the house of Simon the Leper), with saint Mary Magdalene anointing Christ's feet.

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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