Inv. 969.7.32
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris), late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat with scoring.
Labels with inscriptions: 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES VIII'; 'EXPOSITION D'ART RELIGIEUX 1933, LA PSALLETTE DE NANTES, 310'.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the background, in two places.
Hole in the lower right corner. Indent in the upper border, in the centre. Lower border chipped.
Provenance
Collection of Dr Paul Thoby, Nantes (no. VIII in his collection; bought in Paris from art dealer H. Garnier, 79, rue des Saints-Pères, on 7 June 1928): his bequest to the museum, 1969.
Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s. d.; handwritten], no. VIII, pp. 17-18.
Exposition d'art ancien au château des ducs de Bretagne, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Château des ducs de Bretagne, June-September 1924, no. 92.
Exposition d'art religieux à la Psallette, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Psallette de Nantes, 1933, no. 310.
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 141, pl. XIII.
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