Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin.
Register 2: Nativity; curtain hanging from rail; Virgin holding the swaddled child.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France, c. 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with handwritten inscription: '56'.
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. Paul Grand: bought from her by the Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon in 1898.
Bibliography
P. Dissard and J.-B. Giraud, Catalogue sommaire des musées de la ville de Lyon (Lyon, 1900), no. 80, p. 270.
L. Gonse, Les Chefs-d'oeuvre des musées de province, Sculpture, Dessins, Objets d'art (Paris, 1904), p. 250.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 158; II, no. 263; III, pl. LXVIII.
C. Briend, Les Objets d'Art: guide des collections. Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon (Paris, 1993), p. 22-23.
L'art au temps des rois maudits: Philippe le Bel et ses fils (1285-1328), exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1998, no. 93.
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