Seated Virgin and Child; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding a large cloth of honour; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand.
Capitals decorated with animal heads.
Museum's opinion 2009: French, 1st half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. White label with the ink inscription '352'; white and blue label with the inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 86'.
Object Condition
Missing: right and left upper corners of the panel.
Comments
This piece originally was oblong but the upper corners have been cut out to make it into a gabled panel.
Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
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