Inv. Pl 36:104
Hermit observing a couple embracing; courting couple (meeting of lovers); trees.
Westwood 1876: Germany(?), 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Jülich 2007: Flanders or Upper Rhine, 1st half of 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Label with inscription: '85'.
Object Condition
Numerous holes for fittings now lost.
Comments
This panel probably came from the same casket as another one formerly in the Darmstadt collection, but whose whereabouts are now unknown (see related objects).
Provenance
Collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 439 ('58.243).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 491, 508, 522; II, no. 1300.
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 55.
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