Inv. 2831
Gaborit-Chopin 2003: Spain, later 19th or early 20th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: Spain (?), 19th century.
Attribution
Francisco Pallas y Puig, of Valencia (Gaborit-Chopin 2003)
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy (red).
Reverse
Wood casing.
Comments
The arms are those of John (Juan) of Aragon (b. 1478, d. 1497), son of Ferdinand V and Isabella the Catholic.
Provenance
Collection of baron Charles-Joseph de Gargan (d. 1920): sold in 1921; collection of Charlotte Schmitt: her donation to the museum, 9 September 1960.
Bibliography
On Francisco Pallas y Puig: A. Goldschmidt, 'Pseudo-Gothic Spanish Ivory Triptychs of the Nineteenth Century', in The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery (1943), pp. 49-59.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), p. 584 (in relation to no. 293).
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