Inv. 969.7.17
Deposition; Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: green and red (clothes; hats; crown of thorns), gold (hair). Extensive traces of polychromy were removed by Paul Thoby, as recorded in his notebook.
Reverse
Flat with crosshatching and deep scoring. There is a slot for a missing golden cross.
Labels with inscriptions: 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES XIX', '43', 'Atelier des Retables', 'XIX'.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Thoby, Nantes (bought it from the art dealer François Polo, Nantes on 28 April 1943, who had just acquired it at auction; no. XIX of Thoby's collection): his bequest to the museum in 1969.
Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s.d.; handwritten], no. XIX.
Art médiéval de France: collections du Musée Thomas Dobrée de Nantes, exhibition catalogue, Fribourg, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Fribourg, 22 June-24 September 1972, no. 106 (D. Costa).
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 146, pl. XIV.
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