Oslo, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design - The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left arm; Christ in long robe; bench.
London 1987: English (?), c. 1260-1280.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris), c. 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Seems to have originally been carved in the round, but shaved at some point to flatten it.
Object Condition
Missing: head and left arm of the Virgin; head of Christ; part of the base.
Very damaged; surface very chipped.
Provenance
Collection of E. Lucas Moreno, Paris: sold to the Museum in 1937.
Bibliography
Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400, ed. by J. J. G. Alexander and Paul Binski, exhibition catalogue, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1987, p. 112, fig. 77.
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