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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Religious.

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Lille, cathedral of Notre-Dame de la Treille, Musée diocésain

Inv. 332

Ivory;metal (later frame)

Height: 105mm
Width: 70mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; onlookers; angels; rugged cross; titulus.
Crosshatched background.

Steyaert 1994: Netherlands (Bruges or Utrecht?), early 15th century.
Palissy 2012: Flanders, 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Vertical crack in the lower part of the piece. Worn.

Bibliography
J. W. Steyaert, Late Gothic Sculpture: The Burgundian Netherlands, exhibition catalogue, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1994, no. 97.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed June 2012].

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