Crucifixion with thieves; Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; Holy Women; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; saint Mary Magdalene embracing the foot of the cross; ointment pot; crowd of onlookers and soldiers in armour; angel holding a chalice to collect Christ's blood; sun and moon; titulus; trees.
Dalton 1909: Flemish, late 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, end of 15th century.
Museum's opinion: Flemish, mid to late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding.
Reverse
Smooth and flat. Modern ink inscription, 'W. M' (for William Maskell) and '26'.
Comments
Comparable to a diptych from the Wallace Collection (S252), showing the Deposition and Death of the Virgin.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890), collection number 26; British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 321, pl. LXXIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 333; II, no. 906.
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