Inv. F 1965
Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body), with Holy Women; ointment pots; tomb decorated with incised trefoils and quatrefoils.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Germany (?), 15th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Right edge chipped.
Comments
Another fragment of this polyptych is Inv. F 1964, also at the Hermitage. See related objects.
Provenance
Collection of Mikhail Petrovich Botkin (b. 1839, d. 1914), Saint Petersburg; transferred to the Hermitage in 1919.
Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 130.
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