Inv. 4764
Two angels supporting a blank medallion; fleur-de-lys pattern on the background.
Foliated border. Carved inscription: 'sancte marthe'.
Molinier 1890: Italian, 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: 19th century (?).
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: dubious.
Camón Aznar 1951: French (Provence), 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, 15th or 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy (blue and red).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Scratched inscription: 'Maulnier'(?).
Comments
The outline of the circular compartment is made of a different piece of ivory.
Provenance
Collection of Frédéric Spitzer, Paris: his sale, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 149. Collection of Caspar and Stephan Bourgeois, art dealers, Cologne: sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 19-27 October 1904, lot 1078. In the Museo Lázaro Galdiano by 1949.
Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 114 (E. Molinier).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 340, n. 1.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 19.
M.-M. Estella Marcos, La Escultura de marfil en España románica y gótica (Madrid, 1984), pp. 250-251, fig. 64.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 65.
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