Inv. F 3198
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); standing Virgin and Child; saint John the Evangelist holding a book and a martyr's palm.
Trefoils in the spandrels.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: France, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (hair and beards; crown; architectural details); dark green (architectural details; frame)
Reverse
Inscription on the back: 'Reit...Alice Reid...'
Object Condition
Traces of hinges.
Damaged: Virgin's crown and face; Child's hands.
Missing: stem originally held by the Virgin; palm originally held by saint John.
Provenance
Acquired by the Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg, in 1878 from Mayer in Berlin; transferred to the Hermitage in 1926.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 217; II, no. 586 (then in the Stieglitz Museum).
Zachodnioeuropejska rzezba z kosci w latach 1100-1290 ze zbiorow Panstwowego Ermitazu v Leningradzie, exhibition catalogue, Warsaw, The National Museum, 1981, no. 22.
Rzemioslo artystyczne zachodniej Europy od XI do XVI wieku ze zborow panstwowego Ermitazu w Sankt-Petersburgu, exhibition catalogue, Malbork, The Malbork Castle Museum, 1994, no. 40.
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Petersburg, 2014), no. 88.
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