Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (?), 14th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (modern): inside of the Virgin's veil, Virgin's cloak.
Reverse
Carved in the round but lower relief on the back.
Object Condition
Missing: left hand of Jesus.
Provenance
Purchased before 1901 by Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (b. 1858, d. 1901), Antwerp; upon his death, his mother Henriëtte had a purpose-built museum erected (1901-1904) to house his collection.
Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 60, fig. 32, in relation to no. 6.
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