Inv. 71.287
Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; bare-chested Christ; crown; Christ holding a fruit or an orb in his left hand; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand.
Migeon 1904: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 3rd quarter of 14th century.
Randall 1985 and Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), 1350-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Minor repair to the lower folds of the Virgin's dress.
Provenance
Carlo Micheli (Micaëli) collection, Paris. Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris. Collection of Dr. St. Germain, Paris. Bought by Henry Walters from Henry Daguerre in 1922 in Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
G. Migeon, 'Collection de M. Octave Homberg', in Les Arts 36 (December 1904), pp. 32-48 (p. 35).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 241; II, no. 665; III, pl. CIX.
The International Style: The Arts of Europe around 1400, ed. by P. Verdier, exhibition catalogue, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1962, no. 115.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 275.
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