Female musician playing a string instrument (lute).
Crosshatched background.
Williamson and Davies 2014: South Netherlandish, c. 1440-70.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Flat, with some scoring. Traces of glue.
Comments
Other panels from the same box have survived, also in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. A.48a-f-1953; see related items). Inv. A.48a-d-1953 originally formed the lid, with another missing one, probably featuring a fountain. Inv. A.48e-f-1953 formed one of the long side of the casket (see Williamson and Davies 2014).
Provenance
Collection of Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, London (acquired in Granada in 1917); given to the museum in 1953.
Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 238.
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