Cl. 443
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils. Border of dentils.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France (?), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Chamfered slot which seems to indicate that the panel was used as pax (a handle would have been set into the slot).
Object Condition
Missing: part of the background to the right of Christ's feet.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandre Du Sommerard: acquired for the museum in 1843.
Bibliography
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1104.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 222, 223; II, no. 600; III, pl. CIII.
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