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B Kunstbibliothek
staatliche Museen
zu Berlin
Street, but appears to be the property of Bacri Freres in Paris.
This figure is a replica of a slightly larger statue in the Louvre,
acquired in 1593 from a house at Diion. Another rather diffe-
rent, but smaller and very inferior, though apparently quite
genuine, version is in thne Museum at Döle near Dijon. Accor-
ding to Troescher the Louvre figure represents an early 15th
century Burgundian copy of a lost Madonna by Sluter (Claus
Siuter — 1932, p. 60). A cast of the Louvre figure exists and
it was no doubt from ihis that the forzery was made. The
flowers held by the Virgin in her right hand have been broken
and the edges of the garments chipped by the forger. Also the
Virgin’s head is slightly bent than in the Louvre figure.
The Head of King (Abb. 2 a b) is carved in very fine whitish
limestone with traces of gilding. It is 29.5 cm in height. It
was offered for sale by Messrs. Arnold Seligmann and Trevor
in January 19338 for a large price. Monsieur Jean Seligmanrn
informed us that it had been found near the Church of Saint
Germain-des-Pres in Paris in 1390, and since that date had
been in the collection of a Dr. Licorchi, who was the Docior
who attended Monsieur Martin Le Roy; he also told us that
the Head had been more than once shown at Exhibitions; but
all these statements appear to be more or less untrue, and
Monsieur Martin Le Roy’s son-in-low, Monsieur Marquet
de Vasselot, had no knowledge either of the Doctor or of the
Archiv Nr. 1757 (Abb. 2 ah)
staatliche Museen
zu Berlin
Street, but appears to be the property of Bacri Freres in Paris.
This figure is a replica of a slightly larger statue in the Louvre,
acquired in 1593 from a house at Diion. Another rather diffe-
rent, but smaller and very inferior, though apparently quite
genuine, version is in thne Museum at Döle near Dijon. Accor-
ding to Troescher the Louvre figure represents an early 15th
century Burgundian copy of a lost Madonna by Sluter (Claus
Siuter — 1932, p. 60). A cast of the Louvre figure exists and
it was no doubt from ihis that the forzery was made. The
flowers held by the Virgin in her right hand have been broken
and the edges of the garments chipped by the forger. Also the
Virgin’s head is slightly bent than in the Louvre figure.
The Head of King (Abb. 2 a b) is carved in very fine whitish
limestone with traces of gilding. It is 29.5 cm in height. It
was offered for sale by Messrs. Arnold Seligmann and Trevor
in January 19338 for a large price. Monsieur Jean Seligmanrn
informed us that it had been found near the Church of Saint
Germain-des-Pres in Paris in 1390, and since that date had
been in the collection of a Dr. Licorchi, who was the Docior
who attended Monsieur Martin Le Roy; he also told us that
the Head had been more than once shown at Exhibitions; but
all these statements appear to be more or less untrue, and
Monsieur Martin Le Roy’s son-in-low, Monsieur Marquet
de Vasselot, had no knowledge either of the Doctor or of the
Archiv Nr. 1757 (Abb. 2 ah)