Inv. 969.7.36
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ in the manger; midwife.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris?), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (repaired).
Reverse
Flat. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
Labels with inscriptions : 'COLLECTION DU DR P. THOBY NANTES II'; 'EXPOSITION D'ART ANCIEN, D. Toby [sic] 93'; 'EXPOSITION D'ART RELIGIEUX 1933, LA PSALLETTE DE NANTES, 309', '45'.
Object Condition
Upper left corner broken and repaired. Back very abraded. Missing: part of the background to the left.
Provenance
Collection of Edward Barry, Toulouse: his sale, Paris, 2-4 June 1880, lot 46; collection of Mr. Coyaud, Nantes; collection of Dr. Paul Thoby, Nantes (no. II; given to him by Coyaud on 12 October 1922): his bequest to the museum in 1969.
Bibliography
P. Thoby, carnet n° 48, Ivoires, Dossier Thoby, Archives du musée Dobrée [s. d.; handwritten], no. II; footnote, p. 4.
Exposition d'art ancien au château des ducs de Bretagne, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Château des ducs de Bretagne, June-September 1924, no. 93 (then in the possession of Dr. Thoby).
Exposition d'art religieux à la Psallette, exhibition catalogue, Nantes, Psallette de Nantes, 1933, no. 309.
Art et liturgie au Moyen Âge, exhibition catalogue, Angoulême, Chambéry, Caen, Nantes, Nice, December 1976-January 1978, no. 120. pl. XI (Nantes); no. 19 (Caen).
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