Inv. 71.282
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; naked Christ (?); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; saint Mary Magdalene with ointment pot; saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat and staff.
Foliated corner terminals.
Molinier 1890: France, 14th century.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: North Italian, 1st quarter of 15th century. Similar to Koechlin 1116bis.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.
Object Condition
Hole at the lower edge from a flaw in the ivory. Drilled hole in the upper left corner terminal.
Provenance
Frédéric Spitzer collection, Paris: sold, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 123. Bought by Henry Walters from Léon Gruel in Paris in 1922; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 88 (E. Molinier).
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 353.
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