Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Angels crying in the spandrels.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
Object Condition
Vertical hairline cracks.
Comments
Set within a modern black moulded wood-frame (not photographed). The frame dates from c. 1700, with the old inventory number on the back, 'Slg.-Nr.428'.
Provenance
Part of the Plettenberg Collection; purchased by Stadtmuseum Münster with funds from the Stadt Münster, the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the Stifung Kunst und Kultur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Angelegenheiten der Kultur und der Medien, and the Siemens Kunststiftung.
Bibliography
H. Krohm, 'Die mittelalterliche Elfenbeine' in KulturStiftung der Länder, Patrimonia, 193 (2001), pp. 6-36, figs. 6, 7, 12.
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