Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Inv. F 3

Ivory

Height: 105mm
Width: 65mm
Depth: 7mm
Weight: 44.1g

Register 1: Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Border of dentils.

Koekkoek 1987: 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, c. 1350-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Collection of J. W. Frederiks, on loan to the Rotterdam Museum (in 1987); donated to the Museum in 1994.

Bibliography
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), p. 34, fig. 17.

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