Inv. 71.285
Standing Virgin and Child; brooch.
Koechlin 1924: France, beginning of the 2nd third of the 14th century.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), 4th quarter of the 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding: decorative patterns along the neck and hems.
Reverse
Carved in the round. The ivory is a rich brown colour at the back.
Object Condition
Missing: lower part of the statuette; crown; Christ Child (only his right hand and arm are visible).
The face of the Virgin is damaged. Cut at the waist. The lower edge is ragged and chipped.
Comments
The Virgin would originally have had a metal crown.
Provenance
Collection of Mrs Louis Stern, Paris (at least 1911-1924). Bought by Henry Walters from Henry Daguerre in Paris in 1923; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
C. Dreyfus, 'La Collection de Madame Louis Stern', in Les Arts 119 (November 1911), p. 2 (with ill.).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 235; II, no. 625.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 268.
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