Inv. Pl 36:86
Nativity with swaddled Christ child in manger; Virgin lying on a bed.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Jülich 2007: Rhineland (?), 2nd half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair; mane); red (lips).
Reverse
Curved, with some scoring. Label with inscription '762' on the back. Remains of a label with inscription '62'.
Comments
Koechlin argues this piece, together with Inv. Pl 36:90, also in Darmstadt and ML 131 and ML 132 in the Louvre, belonged to the same ensemble or came from the same workshop (Koechlin 1924).
Provenance
Collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.
Bibliography
F. Noack, Die Geburt Christi in der bildenden Kunst bis zur Renaissance im Anschluss an Elfenbeinwerke des Großherzoglichen Museums zu Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1894), pp. 12-13, pl. 4.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 261, 262, 264; II, no. 724.
Kunstschätze aus dem Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1948), no. 25.
M. Kryjanovskaia, Ein gotisches Elfenbeinrelief mit der Geburt Jesu in Darmstadt und das Problem der Lokalisierung der gotischen Elfenbeinwerkstätten in Europa (1994), pp. 5-11.
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 41.
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