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Panel (probably fragment of a box), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette) (Front; group)

Panel (probably fragment of a box), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette) (Front; group)
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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 11140

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 45mm

Christ appearing to saint Peter.
Brickwork or tiled roof. Pinnacles. Crosshatched background.


Koechlin Number: 0954

Koechlin 1924: France, end of 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish (?), end of 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat. Some scoring.

Object Condition
Three holes (one plugged).

Comments
This panel is part of an ensemble of pieces also in the Musée de Cluny (Inv. Cl. 11134, Inv. Cl. 11135, Inv. Cl. 11136, Inv. Cl. 11137, Inv. Cl. 11138, Inv. Cl. 11139, Inv. Cl. 11141; see related objects).

Provenance
Collection of Alexandre du Sommerard: acquired by the museum in 1843 (as part of a neo-Gothic piece of furniture, taken apart in 1885).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 342; II, no. 954.


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