Inv. 969.7.31
Saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, staff and satchel; saint Michael and the Devil; shield with a cross; saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river.
Crosshatched background; pinnacles; brickwork or tiled roof.
Museum's opinion 2013: Flanders, last quarter of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat, with vertical scoring.
Labels with inscriptions: 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES XI'; 'EXPOSITION D'ART RELIGIEUX 1933, LA PSALLETTE DE NANTES, 314'; '23';969.7.31 FX'; '54'.
Object Condition
Vertical crack on the left side.
Provenance
Collection of Dr Paul Thoby, Nantes (bought from art dealer Lambert, Paris, on 24 February 1930; no. XI in Thoby's collection): his bequest to the museum in 1969.
Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s.d., handwritten], no. XI.
Exposition d'art religieux à la Psallette, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Psallette de Nantes, 1933, no. 314.
Art médiéval de France: collections du Musée Thomas Dobrée de Nantes, exhibition catalogue, Fribourg, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Fribourg, 22 June-24 September 1972, no. 98 (D. Costa).
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 183, pl. XVIII.
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