Inv. 671 (lost)
Saint John the Baptist holding a dish with the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei).
Vöge 1900: German, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, mid 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: German?, 1st half of the 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding (Volbach 1923).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Hole underneath.
Provenance
Nagler collection, Berlin; acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1835; undocumented after 7 April 1945.
Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 133, pl. XXXIII.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 36, pl. 48.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 258; II, no. 717ter.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 63.
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