Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a bird (goldfinch?) in his left hand; Christ holding; bench.

Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: North French or Picardy, c. 1240-1250.
Saint-Omer and Paris 2013: North French (Picardy), c. 1240-1250.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Missing: Child's feet and hands.

Virgin's forehead, right arm, and feet badly damaged. Hole for attaching clasp on Virgin's chest. Two holes visible from the back.

Provenance
Bought at Guy Ladrière gallery, Paris, 29 October 1992.

Bibliography
D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Acquisitions', in Revue du Louvre (1993), vol. 1.
Nouvelles acquisitions du département des Objets d'art (1990-1994), exhibition catalogue, Paris, musée du Louvre, 1995, no. 22.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 93.
Une renaissance. L'art entre Flandre et Champagne, 1150-1250, exhibition catalogue, Saint-Omer, Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, 5 April-30 June 2013 and Paris, Musée de Cluny, 17 April-15 July 2013, no. 132 (M. Gil).

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