The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Artist
Unknown French
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Datec. 1320–1330
Made inParis, France
MediumElephant ivory, with traces of polychromy
Dimensions8 9/16 × 3 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (21.7 × 8.9 × 5 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.602
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
201 Reckling Gallery
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
Published References Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945 Richard H. Randall, Jr., The Golden Age of Ivory, Gothic Carvings in North American Collections, Hudson Hills Press, 1993, p. 136, no. 206, illustrated The Courtauld Institute of Art Gothic Ivories Project 2008-2011, Prof. John Lowden and Dr. Catherine Yvard. The Gothic Ivories Project is an online database of ivory sculptures made in Western Europe c. 1200–c.1530 and neo-Gothic ivory pieces. http://www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk/
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