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Pax, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)

Pax, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Back)
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Front

Subject
Religious.

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Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

KK 874

Ivory

Height: 98mm
Width: 71mm
Depth: 10mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Brickwork or tiled roof; crosshatched background; sun and moon.

Richter 2003: French or Netherlandish, c. 1480.
Museum's opinion 2012: Netherlandish, mid 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Concave. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. The slot is cross-hatched, suggesting glue application.Label with ink inscription: 'Dr. Wings'. Scratched.

Object Condition
Worn. Central hole in the upper part of the pax.
Missing: lower right corner.

Provenance
Collection of Dr. Peter Wings, Aachen; his bequest to the Museum in 1893.

Bibliography
T. Richter, Paxtafeln und Pacificalia, Studien zu Form, Ikonographie und liturgischem Gebrauch (Weimar, 2003), no. 4.


Image

© Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen. Photography: Anne Gold.

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