Grancsay 1937: German, c. 1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: traces of red inlay on the engraved border on the left side, showing that colour was originally applied to the background.
Reverse
Originally engraved on all sides.
Object Condition
Missing: numerous engraved panels.
Provenance
Collection of Franz Thill, Vienna; collection of Samuel J. Whawell (b. 1857, d. 1926), London. Collection of Frank Gair Macomber: acquired at his sale in December 1936 by Christian A. Zabriskie; gift of Christian A. Zabriskie to the Museum in 1936.
Bibliography
S. V. Grancsay, 'An Early Sculptured Saddle', in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32, no. 4 (1937), pp. 92-94, with figs. Accessible online on The Metropolitan Museum of Art website in collaboration with JSTOR: http://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3255009 [accessed 24/07/2013].
M. Verő, 'Bemerkungen zu den beinsätteln aus der Sigismundzeit', in Sigismundus rex et imperator: Kunst und Kultur zur Zeit Sigismunds von Luxemburg 1387-1437, exhibition catalogue, Budapest and Luxemburg, 2006, pp. 270-278 (p. 278, no. 18).
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