Inv. F 2920
Kneeling angel holding a scroll; archangel Gabriel (part of an Annunciation scene).
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Flemish, 2nd half of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red, green, gold (hair).
Reverse
Smooth, slightly rounded, with scoring.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the scroll and of the angel's left wing.
Vertical crack down the angel's body; several minor cracks at the bottom.
Provenance
Acquired in Vienna in 1886 for the collection of the Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg; transferred to the Hermitage in 1926.
Bibliography
Ermitazh i znamenitye russkie kollektsionery, exhibition catalogue, Saint Petersburg, 2009, no. 36.
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Petersburg, 2014), no. 135.
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