Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's lap; Christ in long robe; twisting movement of Christ; bench.
Lowden 2008 and Museum's opinion 2008: Paris (?), 1st half of 14th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding, especially along the hems of both figures' clothing; traces of red and green on the Virgin.
Reverse
Carved in the round. Hole in the Virgin's back.
Object Condition
Missing: Virgin's right forearm and left arm; Christ's left forearm; part of the ivory base (replaced); upper part of the Virgin's head (replaced); crown (replaced).
Comments
Child in a similar position in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (Cherry, Lowden, 2008).
Provenance
Breteuil collection. A. E. Gilou collection: Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1961, lot 89 (ill. frontispiece). Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1962, lot 87 (ill. frontispiece). Thomson collection, Toronto: acquired from Hermann Baer, London, in 1969; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.
Bibliography
J. Cherry, J. Lowden, Medieval Ivories and Works of Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, 2008), cat. 18.
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