Inv. 332
Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body).
Crosshatched background; columns.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French, early 16th century.
Camón Aznar 1951: Italian, 14th century.
Seville 2006: French (probably Paris), 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: French or Flemish, late 15th-early 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.Label with the inscription: '204'; label with typed inscription: '204 - Baiser de paix en ivoire: le Christ mort, étendu terre, devant la Vierge; saint Jeanne, à gauche, lui soutient la tête; la Madeleine est à droite, les mains jointe. Arcature trilobée, XVI siècle'; handwritten: 'No. 786 - Lair Dubreuil Léman. Collection du docteur Gilbert Professeur à l'Hotel-Dieu 9/2/[...]'.
Provenance
Collection of Prof. A. Gilbert, Paris: Drouot (Lair-Dubreuil), Paris, 29 November-1 December 1927, lot 204 (?).
Bibliography
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 17.
A. Galán y Galindo, Ibn Jaldún: El Mediterráneo en el siglo XIV, auge y declive de los Imperios, exhibition catalogue, Seville, Reales Alcázares, 2006, p. 194.
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