Inv. 71.246
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on right arm (missing); pointing gesture.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: German (Middle Rhine, Mainz?), last quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round. Hole in the center of Virgin's head.
Object Condition
Missing: Christ Child (remains were carved away in the 19th century); crown (replaced).
Small restoration of the drapery at the feet.
Provenance
Unidentified collection, Spain. Octave Homberg collection, Paris: sold, Paris, 11 May 1908, lot 491 (purchased by Gourert). Acquired by Henry Walters; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 246; II, no. 697.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 284.
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