Inv. I. 4845
Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a stem of flowers in her right hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; crown.
Alcolea 1975: Spanish (?).
Mingorance 2013: Eastern France (Strasbourg?), early 14th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: blue (lining of the cloak), red (inside the veil).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Central hole in the upper part of the piece.
Object Condition
Crown chipped (a piece has been glued back into place). The Virgin's right foot seems to have broken off and been glued back into place.
Provenance
In the collection of the Count de Valencia de Don Juan by 1892 (see Madrid 1892).
Bibliography
Exposición Histórico-Europea, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 1892, no. 124.
S. Alcolea, Artes Decorativas en la España Cristiana S. XI-XIX, in Ars Hispania 20 (1975), p. 337.
L. Mingorance Serrano, Los Marfiles Góticos del Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, unpublished MA dissertation, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 2013, no. 1.
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