Seated Virgin and Child (Sedes Sapientiae); Christ in long robe; Christ seated on the Virgin's right knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; blessing gesture; crown.
Foliated decoration (rinceaux).
Proske 1974: Spain, mid 13th century.
Estella Marcos 1984: Spain, 1st half of the 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat, with scoring and trace of the pulp cavity (?).
Object Condition
Face of the Virgin chipped.
Provenance
Acquired in Madrid by Ricardo Traumann in 1901. Collection of the Hispanic Society, New York (in 1984).
Bibliography
'Colección Ricardo Trauman. Virgen con el Niño', in B.S.E.E 100 (1901).
B. G. Proske, 'Two Ivory Madonnas', in Hortus Imaginum. Essays in Western Art (Lawrence, 1974), pp. 37-44.
M. Estella, 'La Talla del marfil', in Historia de las Artes Aplicadas e Industriales en España (Madrid, 1982), pp. 435-462 (esp. p. 448, fig. 316).
M.-M. Estella Marcos, La Escultura de marfil en España románica y gótica (Madrid, 1984), pp. 126-128, fig. 31.
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