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Statuette (formerly part of a group for a tabernacle or altarpiece) (Front)
Statuette (formerly part of a group for a tabernacle or altarpiece) (Front)
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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29137

Ivory

Height: 68.6mm
Width: 16mm
Depth: 12.1mm
Weight: 19g (including base)

Saint John the Evangelist (formerly part of a Crucifixion group)

Lowden 2008: Northern France, c. 1300-1350.
Museum's opinion 2008: France, N., c. 1300-1350.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Smooth and quite flat.

Object Condition
Worn by handling, especially the top of the head. Cracked.

Provenance
Exhibited Colgate University New York, 1983 to 1996; Thomson collection, Toronto (acquired, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1996, lot 2); since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

Bibliography
J. Cherry, J. Lowden, Medieval Ivories and Works of Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, 2008), no. 20.


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The Thomson Collection © 2009, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

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