Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Back of the ivory hidden by the mount. Handle.
Comments
Set within a copper mount to turn this wing into a pax.
Provenance
Found at Savennières. Gift of abbé Michel Allaume in 1847.
Bibliography
V. Godard-Faultrier, Inventaire du Musée d'Antiquités Saint-Jean et Toussaint (Angers, 1884), no. 2108, p. 347. Accessible online through Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200143/BEAEFCA0F6A86A9F2969EE316B50AE59CF54D146.html?start=4 [accessed 02/05/2013].
Exposition rétrospective, exhibition catalogue, Tours, 1890, pl. XXXVII, no. 5.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 220; II, no. 592.
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