Saint Anne teaching the Virgin how to read.
Lowden 2008 and Museum's opinion 2008: French (Paris?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round. Back of the bench flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Missing: head and feet of the Virgin, left hand of saint Anne, lower part of the sculpture.
Provenance
Thomson collection, Toronto: bought from Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, on 30 November 1998; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.
Bibliography
J. Cherry, J. Lowden, Medieval Ivories and Works of Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Ontario, 2008), cat. 19.
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