Inv. MA 2030
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Koechlin 1924 and Berliner 1926: France, late 15th century.
Richter 2003: Netherlands or Northern France, 2nd half of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2014: France, c. 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. A metal rod and ring has been fitted into it.
Labels with handwritten inscriptions: 'No. 2000', '413'.
Handwritten inscription: 'M. de Reider 1852 Apr.'
Object Condition
Two holes in the upper part of the piece.
Missing: part of the upper border (a central hole was drilled, presumably for hanging, and made this piece break away).
Provenance
Collection of Martin Joseph von Reider, Bamberg, by 1852 (see incription); acquired in 1860 by the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.
Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1397, pl. XXIX.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 333; II, no. 903.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 63.
T. Richter, Paxtafeln und Pacificalia, Studien zu Form, Ikonographie und liturgischem Gebrauch (Weimar, 2003), no. 92.
M. Weniger, 'Die Kunstschätze des Martin Joseph von Reider: Rekonstruktion, Eigenart, Bedeutung. Ein Arbeitsbericht zum 150. Todestag des Sammlers', in Berichte des Historischen Vereins Bamberg 148 (2012), pp. 195-264 (p. 203, ill. 2).
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