Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of 14th century.
Freeman 1952: French, 14th century.
Calkins 1968: French, mid 14th century.
Yokohama 1989: North French or German (Rhenish) under French influence, c. 1350-1370.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Related to the Atelier of the Diptychs of the Passion (Calkins 1968)
Hinges
Two hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Two labels on the back of the left wing: red and white label with inscription 'P.R. 1376.4 Canessa'; blue and white label.
Object Condition
Cracked.
Provenance
Maurice Kann collection, Paris: sale, 5 December 1910, lot 219. C. and E. Canessa collection, New York, Naples and Paris: acquired by the Museum thanks to the Rogers Fund in 1911.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 212, 220; II, no. 454.
M. B. Freeman, 'Shepherds in the Fields', in Metropolitan Museum Bulletin, 11 (1952), pp. 108-115 (p. 110).
R. G. Calkins, A Medieval Treasury: An Exhibition of Medieval Art from the Third to the Sixteenth Century, exhibition catalogue, White Museum of Art, Cornell University and M. W. Proctor Institute, Utica, 1968, no. 77.
Treasures from the Metropolitan, exhibition catalogue, Indianapolis, Museum of Art, 25 October 1970-3 January 1971, no. 104.
Medieval Images, exhibition catalogue, Katonah, The Katonah Gallery, 12 March - 21 May 1978, no. 15.
French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, exhibition catalogue, Yokohama, Yokohama City Museum, 1989, no. 16.
H. Krohm, 'Die mittelalterliche Elfenbeine' in KulturStiftung der Länder, Patrimonia 193 (2001), pp. 6-35, fig. 13.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 46, in relation to no. 3.
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