Inv. MA 2023
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; sheep.
Incised trefoils in the gables and spandrels.
Berliner 1926: France, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: France, 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Faint traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some scoring.
Labels with handwritten inscription: 'Nr. 1422', '68' (over '49'), '384'.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel (probably later).
Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1894.
Bibliography
F. Noack, Die Geburt Christi in der bildenden Kunst bis zur Renaissance (Darmstadt, 1894), p. 8.
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1390, pl. XXVIII.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 60.
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