Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo lactans); Christ seated on the Virgin's right knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his right hand; bench.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Rubinstein-Bloch 1926: French, mid 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: crown (metallic in Koechlin 1924; subsequently in ivory; now removed altogether).
Provenance
Collection of Sigismond Bardac, Paris (after 1913-before 1924). Collection of George and Florence Blumenthal, Paris and New York (by 1926): gift of George Blumenthal, 1941.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 238-239; II, no. 637; III, pl. CVI.
S. Rubinstein-Bloch, Catalogue of the collection of George and Florence Blumenthal (Paris, 1926), III, pl. IV.
O. von Falke, 'Gotische goldsmiedeplastik aus Österreich', in Pantheon 7 (1931), p. 67.
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