Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); naked Christ; two standing angels holding pieces of cloth.
Pilasters.
Bruges 2010: North-east France and Flanders, 1st half of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Trace of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Concave. With handle.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the border; original ivory handle (replaced with a wooden one).
Provenance
Capuchin Convent, Sint Klarastraat, Bruges (founded in 1592); demolition of the convent in 1970: moved to Antwerp.
Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, pp. 18-19.
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, pp. 18-19.
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