Inv. 880
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ holding a book in his right hand.
Didier 1970: 14th century.
Joconde 2010 (drawn from the notes of E. Chirol, c. 1940; later curator c. 1960): France (Ile-de-France), 2nd half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the flower (?) the Virgin was holding.
Comments
Label under the base with inscriptions: 'MUSEE DES ANTIQUITES Seine Inférieure', and in black ink, 'tome II, p.82, n°880'; and in blue ink, 'iv. 12'
Provenance
Strauss collection. Acquired by the museum in 1853.
Bibliography
Abbé Cochet, Catalogue du musée d'Antiquités de Rouen (Rouen, 1868), p. 43.
Abbé Cochet, Catalogue du musée d'Antiquités de Rouen (Rouen, 1875), p. 67.
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 87 (together with so-called 'Vierge de Lisieux').
J. Vernier, Musée des Antiquités de la Seine-Inférieure: guide du visiteur. (Rouen, 1923), p. 24.
Chefs-d'oeuvre romans des musées de province, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1957-1958.
L'art roman, exhibition catalogue, Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela, 1961, no. 422.
Trésors des églises de France, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, 1965, no. 213.
R. Didier, 'Contribution à l'étude d'un type de Vierge française du XIVe siècle', in Revue d'architecture et histoire d'art de Louvain, 3 (1970), p. 65.
Joconde, catalogue collectif des collections des musées de France: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm
J. Santrot and D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Le Don Seligman au musée Dobrée: un ivoire parisien du XIVe siècle', in La Revue des musées de France. Revue du Louvre (January 2011), pp. 43-55 (p. 52, fig. 17).
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