Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; tonsured saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon (painted).
Tracery; architecture evoking a church.
Gaborit-Chopin and Antoine 2007, and Museum's opinion 2010: Northern France influenced by Parisian style, c. 1240-1270.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (modern).
Reverse
Smooth and flat. Label: '758'.
Comments
Attached in the 19th century to a silver foot in a Gothic style, this panel was cut in order to be inserted into the frame. It originally was the centre panel of a polyptych (see traces of hinges), possibly featuring scenes from the life and Passion of Christ.
Provenance
Collection of La Béraudière, Angers: sold, Paris, 1885, lot 388. Collection of Simon Goldschmidt (d. 1924): sold, Drouot, Paris, 27 May 1937, lot 59. Given to the Musée du Louvre in 2007.
Bibliography
P. Giusti, 'Una Madonna in avorio nel Museo Duca di Martina. Plastica minore e scultura monumentale nella Francia del XIII secolo', in Bollettino d'Arte, 67 (1982), pp. 77-86.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, E. Antoine, 'Une dation médiévale', in Revue du Louvre, 4 (2007), pp. 9-12 (pp. 10-11, fig. 2).
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