Inv. 430
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Pinnacles; brickwork or tiled roof.
Gruyer 1902: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Paris 1930: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (haloes) and polychromy (robes).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscriptions: '430' , '1013', '23'.
Object Condition
Missing: candles; part of the background (loss caused by a large drilled hole in the centre).
Two holes in the upper part of the panel. Upper border chipped.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 430.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 207, 217; II, no. 551.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1013.
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