Right leg
Leg
ca. 1700-1720 (made)
ca. 1700-1720 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This leg which may have come from a large Crucifix is of interest for its size and quality, though it is difficult to assign it to a place or period with any great certainty. It could be German and date from the early eighteenth century.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Right leg (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory |
| Brief description | Leg, ivory, right leg fragment, perhaps German, ca. 1700-1720 |
| Physical description | Right leg in ivory. The leg which shows the veins and muscles in low relief, has been cut off through the thigh. The toese with the exception of the small one broken off. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Given by W.A. Propert, 39 Montague Square, London W1 in 1929 (W.A. Propert also ran a commercial gallery, and sold another ivory to the Museum in the same year, now thought to be a fake (V&A-Mus. No. A.7.-1929). |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This leg which may have come from a large Crucifix is of interest for its size and quality, though it is difficult to assign it to a place or period with any great certainty. It could be German and date from the early eighteenth century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 93 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.87-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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