Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Williamson 1999 and Museum's opinion 2011: France (Paris), c. 1320.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscription 'Robt. Fontaine 1416'.
Object Condition
Two sets of three holes on the right side. Large hole beside Christ's body and smaller hole beside the cross.
Provenance
Mrs Catherine Ward, West Bridgeford, Nottingham: given by her to the museum in 1999.
Bibliography
P. Williamson, 'Acquisitions of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992-1999', in Burlington Magazine CXLI (December 1999), p. 784, fig. 4.
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