Standing Virgin and Child; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Child pulling the front of the Virgin's veil; belt.
Koechlin 1924: France, early 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Comments
A bronze cast of this ivory exists, in a Parisian collection in 1924 (Koechlin 1924).
Provenance
Collection of M. Béthune d'Ydewalle, Ghent (see Paris, Bibliothèque du Musée des arts décoratifs, Maciet Album 325/11-6); collection of Baron J. de Béthune, Courtrai (in 1924).
Bibliography
A. Darcel, 'L'Exposition de Lille', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, I (1875), p. 88.
J. Casier, 'L'Exposition de Gand', in Revue de l'art chrétien, (1914), p. 174.
E. Van Drival, 'L'Exposition de Lille', in Revue de l'art chrétien (1874), pl. II.
P. Bergmans, J. Casier, L'Art ancien dans les Flandres. Mémorial de l'Exposition rétrospective organisée à Gand en 1913, 3 vols, (Bruxelles and Paris, 1914), no. 15, pl. 7.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 106; II, no. 99.
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