Institution's opinion 2015 (Brigitte Roux): possibly work of an English carver active in Spain, 1st quarter of the 14th century (see Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Inv. 1950.51.Dv.6 for comparison).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two later hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy (original and later): blue and red (architectural details; inside garments) and gold (cross, garments, traces of dot patterns on the background; painted decoration on the tomb, with quatrefoils and arches), pink (flesh, definitely later); trace of stripes on the executioners' breeches in the Flagellation scene.
See unpublished condition report by Juliette Levy-Hinstin, July 2013.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Broken around the hinges. Deep vertical crack in the upper left part of the left wing (recently repaired).
Provenance
In a family from the Breton nobility since the 18th century. Drouot, Paris, 21 January 2011, lot 18: acquired at this sale by the Gandur Foundation.
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