Inv. F 3587
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on left arm; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; blessing gesture; crown.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (red).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Crown chipped.
Provenance
Collection of Stepan Nikolaevich Mitusov (b. 1847; d. 1922?), Saint Petersburg: his sale, Saint Petersburg, 1897, lot 102 ((Katalog kollektsii predmetov iz slonovoi kosti S. N. Mitusova (Saint Petersburg, 1897), no. 102). Transferred from the Museum of the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts (Muzei OPKh) to the Hermitage in 1933.
Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Petersburg, 2014), no. 208.
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