Inv. 680 (almost completely destroyed)
Coronation of the Virgin.
Vöge 1900: France, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, late 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: France, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy (including violet) and gilding: faces; crowns; hems.
Reverse
Curved.
Object Condition
Prior to WWII
Broken at the base of the seat.
Today
Almost completely destroyed during WWII: five fragments have survived.
Provenance
Nagler collection, Berlin; acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1835; undocumented after 7 April 1945; a fragment of the Virgin was returned by the Soviet Union to the Museum in 1958 while four more fragments were brought to Wiesbaden in 1946 and then to Berlin-Dahlem in 1958.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), Appendix, p. 437, no. 835.
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 86, pl. XXVII.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 41.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 261; II, no. 733.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 240.
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