Inv. 969.7.27
Saint Roch with pilgrim's staff and hat uncovers his leg to show a sore to an angel; dog carrying a loaf of bread; hat decorated with a motif of crossed keys.
Crosshatched background; columns.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, last quarter of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot has been replaced with a wooden handle.
Label with inscription: 'coll Dr Thoby. XVI'.
Object Condition
One hole in the upper part of the pax and one on either side.
Provenance
Collection of Dr Thoby, Nantes (no. XVI; bought from the art dealer Mochard (?) on 15 May 1964): his bequest to the museum in 1969.
Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s.d.; handwritten], no. XVI.
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. 97.
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 164.
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