Register 1: Trinity; God the Father holding Christ on the cross; dove of the Holy Spirit issuing from the mouth of God the Father; Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Mercy); angels praying.
Register 2: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles; apostle kissing the Virgin's hand; angel closing the Virgin's lips; saint Peter holding a situla (holy water bucket) and an aspergillum; apostle holding a monstrance.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), c. 1410-1420.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy: red, green, blue.
Reverse
Slightly curved and scratched. Round label with printed inscription: 'DOUANE NATIONALE EXPORTATION PARIS'. Label with inscription: '14'. Pencil inscription: '19'.
Object Condition
Some polychromy worn.
Comments
The original use of this panel is unknown, it may have been worn, held relics or been attached to a larger reliquary or monstrance (MET online catalogue 2012).
Provenance
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Levy Hermanos: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Levy Hermanos, 1979.
Bibliography
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions 1979-1980, p. 25.
Mirror of the Medieval World, exhibition catalogue, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, no. 205, p. 169, ill.
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