Inv. 101 C
Adoration of the Magi; angel crowning the Virgin.
Pinnacles.
Vitali 1976: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Chiesi 2011: Germany (?), c. 1350-1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Traces of an ink inscription: 'E Z D P'.
Provenance
Collection of Louis Fould (b. 1794, d. 1858), Paris: his sale, Paris, 4 June 1860 and following days, lot 1692; collection of Edouard Fould: his sale, Paris, 5 April 1869, lot 217. Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.
Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Florence, 1898), pp. 228-229, no. 101.
L. Vitali, Avori gotici francesi (Milan, 1976), no. 40.
B. Chiesi, Catalogo degli avori gotici del Museo Nazionale del Bargello (unpublished PhD thesis - Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2011), pp. 338-345.
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