{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O96205"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O96205/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011FC6543/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011FC6543/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2011FC6543","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006BG1646","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O96205/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O96205","accessionNumber":"A.42-1983","objectType":"Figure","titles":[{"title":"Crucifix Figure","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"This ivory is an unusual example of a religious work by David Le Marchand. The circumstances of its commission are unknown, although it may have been carved after Le Marchand arrived in Britain for a recusant Catholic, or a Jacobite patron. David Le Marchand (1674-1726) was famed for his ivory carvings, particularly his portraits. He was a native of Dieppe, France, and came from a Huguenot, or Protestant, family. With the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and the consequent persecution of non-Catholics, he had to flee France. He was next recorded in Edinburgh in 1696, where he is documented as receiving official permission to open a shop and take on apprentices. He was in London by 1700, when he started to achieve a reputation for his portraits. Despite his  wide circle of important patrons and  his evident success, Le Marchand apparently died in poverty, though the exact reasons for this are unknown. He is recognised as the most distinguished ivory carver to have worked in England in the early 18th century, a period when the art enjoyed a popularity unknown since the Middle Ages.","physicalDescription":"The Christ figure is shown leaning his head against his right arm, looking upwards. His left foot is crossed over his right. The arms are carved separately. The crown of thorns is on his head, and he wears an elaborately folded loincloth, signed on the back: 'D.L.M.F.' There is an ivory panel at the top of the cross, inscribed in Hebrew, Greek an Latin: Jesus of Nazarus, King of the Jews.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Le Marchand, David","id":"A8602"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ivory","categories":[{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2011FC6543","2006BG1646"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES395439"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statuette","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1700","earliest":"1695-01-01","latest":"1704-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably after"}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with Art Fund support","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"39","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"corpus","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"9.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"scroll","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'D.L.M.F'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"back of loincloth","script":"","translation":"'David Le Marchand fecit [made]'","transliteration":"","type":"Maker's identification","note":"Maker's identification; back of loincloth"}],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Christie's by private treaty, having been auctioned on 15 December 1982, lot 189 for £32,760 (with the assistance of the National Art-Collections Fund). Before in the Earl of Caledon Collection; bought by Philip Lindley 1972 (£70) at the Earl of Caledon's sale at Tyttenhanger, Herfortshire.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Figure, ivory, Crucified Christ, by David Le Marchand, Britain, probably after 1700","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Murdoch, T. (ed.), <u>The Quiet Conquest: The Hugenots 1685-1985</u>, London, 1985, pp. 208-212"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Baker, Malcolm, \"Baroque Ivory Carving in France and England\", in: <u>National Art Collections Review</u>, 1984, pp. 106-107"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Avery, Charles, <u>David le Marchand 1674-1726: An Ingenious Man for Carving in Ivory</u>, London, 1996, p. 104"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Foath, 1974, pp. 38-43"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Christie's Review of the Year</u>, 1983, pp. 14,16"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Trusted, Marjorie, <u>Baroque & Later Ivories</u>, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 147"}],"production":"probably after 1700","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Jesus Christ","id":"N1515"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[{"text":"The Crucifixion","id":"V106"}],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"crucifixes","id":"AAT248835"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"A.42-1983\r\nCHRIST ON THE CROSS\r\nAnglo-French, about 1710-1720\r\nIvory\r\nDavid Le Marchand (1676-1726)\r\n\r\nThe inscription D.L.M.F for David Le Marchand Fecit is carved on the back of the loin cloth. Le Marchand was born and trained in France, but came to Britain at an early age, and was active as an ivory carver in Edinburgh and later London. He specialised in portraiture; this is one of his rare religious works.\r\n","date":{"text":"1993 - 2011","earliest":"1993-01-01","latest":"2011-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["A.42-1983"],"accessionNumberNum":"42","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1983,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-01","recordCreationDate":"2004-03-03","availableToBook":true}}