Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; rugged cross.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels. Pinnacles.
Dalton 1909: French, late 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: gilding in the architecture, hair, beards and along the hems; red for architecture and lips; blue for architecture and beards. Green staining on the background. Traces of green in the architecture and staining in the background.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some scratches and black staining.Inscriptions: 'W. M.' (for William Maskell), 'Awel' (?), '37', and '13 (in pencil).
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890)(no. 37): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 303, Pl. LXVII.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), p. 216 (in relation to no. 306).
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