Inv. MA 2017
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross.
Pointed trefoils.
Berliner 1926 and Museum's opinion 2014: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy still visible in 1926, but had disappeared by 1956 (blue).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Ink inscription: 'Nr. 1409'. Blue and white labels with handwritten inscriptions: '376'. Label with inscription: '401'.
Object Condition
Two drilled holes in the upper part of the panel, probably for hanging).
Plugged hole in the lower right corner of the panel. Hole in the upper right corner.
Provenance
Transferred from the Königliche Vereinigte Sammlungen to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in 1866.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1384, pl. XXVI.
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. 53.
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