Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass; apostles including saint John the Evangelist; saint Peter holding a key.
Berliner 1930: France, c. 1840.
Leeuwenberg 1969: France (?), last quarter of the 18th century to 1st half of the 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century (before 1850); in the Flemish style of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Missing: foreleg of the ass; both forelegs and head of the foal; head of saint Peter; nose of Christ.
Provenance
Collection of Jacques-Amédée Lambert: his bequest to the Museum in 1850.
Bibliography
R. Berliner, 'Über einige Kleinplastiken', in Belvedere 9-2 (1930), pp. 99-111 (p. 103, fig. 71).
J. Leeuwenberg, 'Early Nineteenth-Century Gothic Ivories', in Aachener Kunstblätter 39 (1969), pp. 111-148 (p. 115, n. 10).
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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