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Mais le berceau est vide car, de mani\u00e8re plus novatrice, l\u2019Enfant, v\u00eatu d\u2019une longue chemise, est figur\u00e9 debout dans le giron de sa m\u00e8re, tendant famili\u00e8rement la main vers son sein d\u00e9nud\u00e9 : c\u2019est une des premi\u00e8res repr\u00e9sentations occidentales de la Vierge allaitant dans la Nativit\u00e9, n\u00e9e de la contamination entre l\u2019iconographie traditionnelle de la Nativit\u00e9 et celle des groupes de Vierges tr\u00f4nant et allaitant, qui se multiplient au XIIIe si\u00e8cle. \r\nLa sc\u00e8ne est empreinte de tendresse et d\u2019une intimit\u00e9 paisible. L\u2019ivoirier y a d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 ses talents avec une virtuosit\u00e9 extr\u00eame, creusant la plaque en profondeur pour y multiplier, en un v\u00e9ritable exercice de style, les drap\u00e9s des v\u00eatements, du mobilier, des rideaux et des courtines, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 cr\u00e9er cinq plans successifs dans cette petite sc\u00e8ne. \r\nL\u2019\u00e9paisseur de la plaque laisser penser que le panneau de la Nativit\u00e9 (tronqu\u00e9 dans sa partie droite) faisait partie d\u2019un ensemble consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 la vie du Christ, que l\u2019on peut attribuer \u00e0 l\u2019un des meilleurs ateliers d\u2019ivoiriers parisiens.","inscriptions":"Etiquette : \r ; 2596 (ronde) - Cat (carr\u00e9e) - chiffres grav\u00e9s (au revers)","namesAndTitles":"","onomastics":"","dimension":[{"type":"Epaisseur","value":"1,4","displayDimension":"1,4 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":1,"note":""},{"type":"Hauteur","value":"16,8","displayDimension":"16,8 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":1,"note":""},{"type":"Longueur","value":"11,8","displayDimension":"11,8 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":1,"note":""}],"shape":"","materialsAndTechniques":"Mat\u00e9riau : ivoire d\u0027\u00e9l\u00e9phant = d\u00e9fense d\u0027\u00e9l\u00e9phant","placeOfCreation":"Paris (France-\u003EIle-de-France = Ile de France)","dateOfDiscovery":"","placeOfDiscovery":"","provenance":"","historicalContext":[],"objectHistory":"collection Charles Stein (1840-1899), \u00e0 Paris ; collection Louis-Charles Timbal (1821-1880), \u00e0 Paris ; acquis de M. 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