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Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 51mm
Depth: 11mm

Trinity; God the Father holding Christ on the cross; Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Mercy); dove of the Holy Spirit.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Smooth. Slightly curved.

Object Condition
Missing: head of God the Father.
Very worn.

Provenance
Collection of Émile Théodore, Director of the Musée des Beaux Arts of Lille. Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1981, lot 212. Private collection, London (no. 544; bought from Blumka, New York, 8 May 2006); on the art market in Belgium, March 2012. Sale, Louviers, 1 December 2013, lot 73.


Image

© Private Collection, London (2010).

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