Inv. 71.245
Standing apostle or prophet, holding an open book.
Koechlin 1924: France, end of 14th or beginning of 15th century.
Randall 1985: Italian, 1st half of the 14th century. Attributed to the School of Giovanni Pisano.
Museum object report 2003: rejecting Giovanni Pisano attribution. Possibly France? 2nd half of the 14th century?
Attribution
School of Giovanni Pisano (?) (Randall 1985); attribution rejected by the Museum, 2003
Reverse
Carved in the round. Flat as if were intended to be placed against a background, but with vertical folds.
Object Condition
Base has been cut above the feet. Minor alterations made to the hemline. Partially cleaned at one time. Wide hole in the top of the hood.
Provenance
Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris: sold, Paris, 16 May 1908, lot 493 (purchased by Lancades). Bought by Henry Walters from Léon Gruel in Paris before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 259; II, no. 717; III, pl. CXX.
R. H. Randall, Medieval Ivories in the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, 1969), no. 24.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 342.
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