Inv. 71.233
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ Child pulling the front of the Virgin's veil; Child seated on right arm; crown.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: German (Middle Rhine), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding in the hair, veil, and along the hems, red on the lining of the Virgin's cloak.
Reverse
Uncarved.
Object Condition
Missing: object in the Virgin's left hand.
Comments
Carved from a curved piece of ivory. Was originally attached to a shrine or diptych. Iron hook (possibly replacing original pin) piercing the centre of the figure.
Provenance
Demotte collection, early 20th century. Collection of Prof. Paul Soubeiran de Pierres, Montpellier (France): sold, New York, 8 December 1927, lot 69. Bought by Henry Walters from Henry Daguerre in Paris in 1928; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 282.
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