Medallions with head of man and woman in profile; putti, wings; masks; foliated decoration.
Sauzay 1863: end of the 15th century.
Molinier 1896: Flanders (?), 16th century.
Dieppe 2005 and Malgouyres 2010: Northern France, 1st third of the 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Object Condition
Missing: small teeth side (the modern replacement seems to have been made by Sauvageot, see Malgouyres 2010).
Provenance
Acquired by Charles Sauvageot in 1841 ('1874. peigne en ivoire sculpté à jour 40 f.rest 32f. étui'); Donation to the Museum by Sauvageot in 1856.
Bibliography
A. Sauzay, Musée impérial du Louvre. Catalogue du musée Sauvageot (Paris, 1861), no. 268, p. 65.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Série A., Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. A.111, p. 38.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 159, pp. 303-304.
E. Molinier, Histoire générale des Arts appliqués à l'Industrie. I: Les Ivoires (Paris, 1896), p. 217.
La Dame à sa toilette, exhibition catalogue, Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1988, no. 26, p. 64.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Nouvelles acquisitions du département des Objets d'art (1990-1994)(Paris, 1995), p. 21 (with ill.).
Ivoires du Musée du Louvre 1480-1850: une collection inédite, exhibition catalogue, Dieppe, Château-Musée de Dieppe, 2005, no. 6.
P. Malgouyres, Ivoires de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes. La Collection du Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2010), no. 127.
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