Inv. 413
Standing Virgin (probably part of an Annunciation scene). Angel with hands in prayer in the spandrel.
Gruyer 1902: France, 13th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of 14th century.
Paris 1930: France, 13th century.
Bayonne 2002-2003: France, early 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red, gold (architectural details; halo, lining of the Virgin's cloak, decorative pattern along the hem of the Virgin's cloak).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscription: '6'.
Circular stains.
Object Condition
Missing: lower left border. Two holes on the upper left side.
Comments
This piece probably was originally the outer wing of a polyptych.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 413.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 136; II. no. 201.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 996.
Le Moyen Âge dans les collections du Musée Bonnat, exhibition catalogue, Bayonne, Musée Bonnat, 15 December 2002-30 June 2003, p. 12.
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