Crucifixion; sword pointing towards the Virgin's chest; saint John the Evangelist; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Longinus pointing at his eyes; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.
Koechlin 1912: France, mid 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: South German, c. 1360-1370.
Museum's opinion 2012: German (Cologne), c. 1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Hidden by the metal frame.
Provenance
Collection of Émile Baboin, Lyon (at least from 1912 to 1924). collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne: sold in 1970 to the Museum.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Ivoires gothiques: Collection Emile Baboin (Lyon, 1912), no. 3.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 221, 223, 332; II, no. 613; III, pl. CII.
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.84.
Glanz und Grösse des Mittelalters, Kölner Meisterwerk aus den grossen Sammlungen der Welt, ed. by D. Täube and M. Verena Fleck, exhibition catalogue, Cologne, Schnütgen Museum, 4 November 2011-26 February 2012, no.27 (C. Little).
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 64, in relation to no. 7.
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