Museum's opinion 2012: Flemish, 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges on either side.
Reverse
Label with inscription: '24305' and sale catalogue label: 'An ivory triptych carved [with] scenes from the Passion, in arcaded panels, French, 14th century'.
Object Condition
Two large sections have been repaired with different material on the back.
Comments
This triptych, as Richard Randall noted in 1988 (unpublished), reproduces the so-called Triptych of Saint-Sulpice-du-Tarn now in the Musée de Cluny (Cl. 13101).
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Josefa Carlebach in 1967.
Bibliography
D. A. Porter, Ivory Carvings in Later Medieval England 1200-1400, State University of New York at Binghamton, PhD 1974, fig. 50.
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