Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); angel crowning the Virgin; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); two lay figures kneeling in donor position.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Destève 1906: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, c. 1340-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of one missing hinge on the right side.
Object Condition
Small chips around the hinges. Traces of a clasp. The object has been recut around the sides and lower part.
Provenance
Collection of Michel Boy, Paris: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13-14 May 1905, lot 283; collection of Émile Molinier: sold in Paris, 1906, lot 99; collection of Claudius Côte, Lyon: his sale, Drouot, Paris, 4 December 1936, lot 99. Drouot, Paris, 5 July 1988, lot 103: acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1988.
Bibliography
T. Destève, 'La Collection de M. Claudius Côte', in Les Arts 59 (November 1906), pp. 28-32 (pp. 31-32).
R. Koechlin, Les ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 198; II, no. 547 bis; III, pl. CII.
'Acquisitions', in Revue du Louvre, 1989-3, p. 184.
Nouvelles acquisitions du département des Objets d'art (1985-1989), exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 1990, no. 22, fig.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 169.
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