A & A spacer courtauld institute of art
login
quick search advanced search browse temp folder

Panel with truncated gable, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures); possibly later reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel with truncated gable, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures); possibly later reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)
enlarge image zoom image

Back

Bottom

Top

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.musenor.com

To purchase an image
www.musenor.com


Saint-Omer, Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin

Inv. 4405

Ivory;metal (added rods)

Height: 99mm
Width: 53mm
Depth: 2mm
Weight: 20g

Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body), with Holy Women; tomb decorated with blind archesIncised trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2013: Flemish, 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Formerly recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border which has been shaved.

Object Condition
The upper corners of the panel seem to have been shaved to change its shape, possibly for it to be reused as a pax. Worn surface.
Three holes in the lower edge and two in the upper edge; in some of them, some metal rods remain. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Given to the Museum on 4 September 1869 after the death of M. Maroy, together with a large number of objects.

Bibliography
Catalogue de l'Exposition rétrospective des arts et monuments du Pas-de-Calais, exhibition catalogue, Arras, 20 May-21 June 1896, no. 2643.


Image

© Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, Saint-Omer, 2013.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

spacer
spacer spacer spacer spacer
Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.