Inv. 1891.7.0.6
Virgin holding Christ (part of a Presentation in the Temple scene).
Delignières 1902: 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 13th century or early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris), late 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on either side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Traces of various adhesives. Labels with inscriptions: '856', '1891 744 88'.
Object Condition
Missing: upper register.
Comments
This fragment was probably the lower register of the inner right wing of a polyptych.
Provenance
In the Abbeville collection by 1900.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 145.
E. Delignières, Catalogue du Musée d'Abbeville et du Ponthieu (Paris, 1902), no. 856.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 134; II, no. 178.
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