Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register (possibly fragment of a casket) (Front)

Panel, 1 register (possibly fragment of a casket) (Front)

Panel, 1 register (possibly fragment of a casket) (Front)

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 11895

Ivory

Height: 50mm
Width: 46mm

Christ washing the feet of saint Peter.
Crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2010: France (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: green, gold.

Reverse
Flat. Some crosshatching. Remains of glued cardboard.

Object Condition
Lower right corner partly broken. Hole on the edge of the upper border to the left.

Comments
Cl. 11895-11898 seem to all belong to the same group, possibly originally to the same casket.

Provenance
Acquired at an unknown date, prior to 1889, when it was inventoried.

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