Inv. 638
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angels holding the sun and the moon; rugged cross; cruciform halo.
Pinnacles. Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Westwood 1876 and Vöge 1900: French, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Cancelled red ink inscription: 501.
Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel.
Lower left corner broken and repaired (more visible from the back).
Comments
In 1876, this panel was forming a triptych with, on either side, a modern wing featuring an angel holding a candlestick (Westwood).
Provenance
From the Kunstkammer collection.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 437 (`73.163).
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 102, pl. XXX.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 46, pl. 45.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 207, 220-224; II, no. 607.
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