Inv. MA 2016
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Berliner 1926: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Faint traces of gilding (Christ's hair).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
The panel broke along a vertical axis to the left of Christ and has been glued back into place.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1896.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1383, pl. XXVIII.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 48.
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