Inv. AN2008.22
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); standing Virgin and Child; angels crowning the Virgin; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel, martyr's palm and sword.
Pointed trefoils.
Warren 2014: France, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat.
Handwritten ink inscription: ’M 206’.
Object Condition
Lower left corner damaged. Central hole at the top centre.
Piece of wax embedded in the surface of the Virgin's feet.
Comments
The metal frame appears originally to have been enamelled (Warren 2014).
Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris (c. 1924). Durlacher collection. Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1938, lot 74; collection of John Francis Mallett; his bequest to the Museum in 1947; Department of Western Art (WA1947.191.206); transferred to the Department of Antiquities in May 2008.
Bibliography
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, no. 177.
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