Châlons-en-Champagne (also known as Châlons-sur-Marne), Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie
Inv. 988.4.1
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; crown.
Châlons-en-Champagne 2007-2008: North-East France, early 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the bird's neck. Crown chipped.
Provenance
Sotheby's, 21 April 1988, lot 13; acquired in 1988 by the museum.
Bibliography
Acquisitions des musées de Champagne-Ardenne (1982-1989), Langres museum, 1989, pp. 92-93.
C. Ferment, Les Statuettes d'ivoire en Europe du Moyen Âge au XIXe siècle (Paris, 2000), p. 168, fig. X.7.
Regards sur l'art médiéval: collections du Musée du Louvre et des musées de Châlons-en-Champagne, exhibition catalogue, Châlons-en-Champagne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, 1st July 2005-15 January 2006, no. 70, p. 111.
Histoires d'ivoire. Collections du Musée du Louvre et des musées de Châlons-en-Champagne, exhibition catalogue, Châlons-en-Champagne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, 2007-2008, no. 66, p. 181 (part 2).
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