Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm; apostle holding a pillow under the Virgin's head.
Wing, right
Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two kneeling angels holding candlesticks; two angels swinging censers; orb and cross.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Provenance Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909); Piet-Lataudrie bequest to the Museum in 1914.
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