Two angels supporting two medallions with the Creation of Eve and the Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; crown; trees; blank coat of arms.
London 1967: probably Franco-Flemish, end of 15th century or early 16th century.
Lowden 2013: 1800-1850, in the manner of French works of c. 1500. Radiocarbon dating: 95.4% probability that the elephant died between 1663-1954.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Shallow traces of two hinges on the right side. Probably done so that the panel would be believed to have been part of a diptych.
Reverse
Two thin pin holes on the back on the right hand side.
Provenance
Thomas Gambier Parry, Highnam Court (Gloucestershire)(d. 1888): bought between 1860 and 1868; Sir Hubert Parry (d. 1918), his eldest son (from 1888); Ernest Gambier-Parry (d. 1936), half-brother of Hubert (from 1918); Mark Gambier-Parry (d. 1966), youngest son of Ernest (from 1936); bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute Galleries in 1966.
Bibliography
National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds, exhibition catalogue, Leeds, 1868, no. 687.
The Gambier-Parry Collection. Provisional Catalogue (London, 1967), no. 19.
General Catalogue of the Courtauld Institute Galleries (London, 1979), no. 19, p. 13.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), no. 21, pp. 113-115.
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