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Celui-ci est occup\u00e9 par huit sc\u00e8nes, celles des c\u00f4t\u00e9s s\u2019inscrivant dans des quatre-feuilles accompagn\u00e9s de rosettes sculpt\u00e9es. Chacun des longs c\u00f4t\u00e9s comporte quatre sc\u00e8nes, s\u00e9par\u00e9es par les bandes destin\u00e9es aux ferrures, alors qu\u2019une seule sc\u00e8ne occupe les petits c\u00f4t\u00e9s.\r\nLes reliefs du coffret retracent la tragique histoire des amours de la ch\u00e2telaine de Vergy et d\u2019un chevalier, la lecture commence sur le couvercle. \r\nLa ch\u00e2telaine, ni\u00e8ce du duc de Bourgogne, aime en secret un chevalier \u00e0 qui elle donne rendez-vous en lui envoyant un petit chien dress\u00e9. La duchesse de Bourgogne, \u00e9galement \u00e9prise du chevalier, veut le s\u00e9duire mais le chevalier la repousse. Econduite, la duchesse se venge en accusant le chevalier d\u2019avoir voulu l\u2019outrager. Le duc, en col\u00e8re, d\u00e9gaine son \u00e9p\u00e9e et menace le chevalier. Ce dernier n\u2019a pas d\u2019autre solution que de lui avouer son amour pour la ch\u00e2telaine. Le duc assiste \u00e0 la rencontre des deux amants puis divulgue le secret \u00e0 sa femme. La duchesse invite alors la ch\u00e2telaine \u00e0 un bal o\u00f9 elle la complimente sur le dressage des petits chiens. Cette derni\u00e8re se voyant trahie par son amant, meurt de douleur. D\u00e9couvrant le drame, le chevalier se suicide \u00e0 son tour. Le duc trouve leurs deux corps sans vie et s\u2019empare de l\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e du chevalier. L\u2019ignominie de la duchesse est perc\u00e9e \u00e0 jour et le duc la d\u00e9capite en plein bal. Puis il se confesse \u00e0 un eccl\u00e9siastique et part \u00e0 la croisade.\r\nLes robes flottantes, les coiffures f\u00e9minines \u00ab en escouffins \u00bb et l\u2019animation des personnages situe ce coffret dans le deuxi\u00e8me quart du XIVe si\u00e8cle ; la pr\u00e9sence de robes f\u00e9minines ceintur\u00e9es mais au buste un peu plus ajust\u00e9, notamment dans la sc\u00e8ne du bal, pourrait indiquer une p\u00e9riode de transition dans la mode vestimentaire.","inscriptions":"Etiquette : \r ; N couronn\u00e9 2901 - 905\r ; Inscription : \r ; N 61 ; A - B - D (marques de montage grav\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u0027int\u00e9rieur et sous le couvercle)","namesAndTitles":"","onomastics":"","dimension":[{"type":"Hauteur","value":"9,5","displayDimension":"9,5 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":1,"note":""},{"type":"Longueur","value":"26,3","displayDimension":"26,3 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":2,"note":""},{"type":"Profondeur","value":"14","displayDimension":"14 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":3,"note":""},{"type":"Hauteur","value":"8,8","displayDimension":"8,8 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":4,"note":""},{"type":"Epaisseur","value":"0,8","displayDimension":"0,8 cm","unit":"cm","anteriorPrecision":"","posteriorPrecision":"","tri":5,"note":""}],"shape":"","materialsAndTechniques":"Mat\u00e9riau : ivoire d\u0027\u00e9l\u00e9phant = d\u00e9fense d\u0027\u00e9l\u00e9phant\r\nMat\u00e9riau : argent (ferrures)","placeOfCreation":"Paris (France-\u003EIle-de-France = Ile de France)","dateOfDiscovery":"","placeOfDiscovery":"","provenance":"","historicalContext":[],"objectHistory":"Collection Pierre R\u00e9voil (1776-1842) ; acquis avec la collection R\u00e9voil en 1828","jabachInventory":"","napoleonInventory":"","previousOwner":[{"value":"R\u00e9voil, Pierre","note":"","role":", Collectionneur"}],"acquisitionDetails":[{"mode":"achat","doubt":"","dates":[{"type":"date","value":"1828","startYear":1828,"endYear":1828}]}],"ownedBy":"Etat","heldBy":"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9partement des Objets d\u0027art du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes","longTermLoanTo":"","index":{"Mode d\u0027acquisition":[{"value":"achat"}],"period":[{"value":"gothique"}],"place":[{"value":"Paris"}],"objectType":[{"value":"coffret"}]},"bibliography":[{"bibliographyRef":"Tomasi, Michele, \u00ab La diffuson des ivoires gothiques profanes dans la premi\u00e8re moiti\u00e9 du XIVe si\u00e8cle. 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