Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's right knee; musician angels (string instrument and bell?); open book; interior with three windows; putti on columns; mask; garlands.
Richter 2003: Netherlandish, c. 1520/30.
Museum's opinion 2012: South Netherlandish, early 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Pencil inscription: '98'.
Object Condition
Worn. Two central holes in the upper part of the piece. Chips in rim.
Missing: finial and foliated decoration along the upper edge of the pax.
The piece has been cleaned excessively.
Provenance
Osterwald collection, Cologne; collection of Dr. Peter Wings, Aachen; his bequest to the Museum in 1893.
Bibliography
H. Schweitzer, Die Skulpturen-Sammlung im Städtischen Suermondt-Museum zu Aachen (Aachen, 1910), I (text), p. 83; II/III (plates), pl. 63.
T. Richter, Paxtafeln und Pacificalia, Studien zu Form, Ikonographie und liturgischem Gebrauch (Weimar, 2003), no. 5.
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