Cl. 469a
Saint Catherine of Alexandria trampling emperor Maxentius; broken wheel; brooch; crown; throne with Gothic tracery.
Koechlin 1924: France, end of 14th or early 15th century.
Leeuwenberg 1969: France (?), last quarter of the 18th century to 1st half of the 19th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 1970: 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: French (?), 19th century.
Attribution
Master of the Agrafe Forgeries (Leeuwenberg 1969)
Reverse
Crosshatching. Three holes, possibly for attachment.
Object Condition
Missing: parts of the throne; martyr's palm. Crown chipped.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandre Du Sommerard: acquired for the museum in 1843.
Bibliography
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1106.
A. Schnütgen, 'Elfenbein-Relief des XIV. Jahrhunderts im Musée Cluny zu Paris', in Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst, vol. 3 (1890), p. 355.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 247, 257; II, no. 712; III, pl. CXVII.
L'Art européen vers 1400, exhibition catalogue, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches museum, 1962, no. 358.
J. Leeuwenberg, 'Early Nineteenth-Century Gothic Ivories', in Aachener Kunstblätter, 39 (1969), pp. 111-148 (fig. 18).
D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Les ivoires gothiques. A propos d'un article récent', in Bulletin monumental 128 (1970), pp. 127-133 (pp. 128, 133).
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