Inv. 447
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); apostle holding a cross and situla (holy water bucket); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; angel closing the Virgin's lips.
Incised trefoils.
Gruyer 1902: France, end of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Paris 1930: France, end of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Label with inscriptions: '447', '42'.
Traces of an unidentified grey-white substance.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 447.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 214, 345; II, no. 522.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1030.
J.-G. Lemoine, 'Les 'Tables à pourtraire' du XIVe siècle au Musée Bonnat de Bayonne', in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (année 1963), pp. 7-16 (general considerations).
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