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Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Back)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

KK 867

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 58mm
Depth: 4mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; rugged cross.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2012: French, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Remnants of textile (black velvet) and glue.

Provenance
Baudré collection, Cologne; Dr Peter Wings, Aachen; his bequest to the Museum in 1893.

Bibliography
H. Schweitzer, Die Skulpturen-Sammlung im Städtischen Suermondt-Museum zu Aachen (Aachen, 1910), I (text), p. 84; II/III (plates), pl. 64.


Image

© Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen. Photography: Anne Gold.

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