Scene from the Romance of the Châtelaine de Vergi.
Having discovered the dead body of the Châtelaine and the Knight, the Duke of Burgundy beheads the Duchess of Burgundy at the ball; two musicians blowing trumpets.
Detroit 1997: French (Paris), 1320-1340 (in relation to 1958,0402.1).
Museum's opinion 2011: French (Paris), 1320-1340 century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Pierced with holes around the edge, for missing mounts.
Comments
Part of the same casket as another panel in the British Museum collection, 1958,0402.1.
Provenance
Purchased by C. A. Willoughby through Messrs Park, Nelson & Dennes; British Museum, 1958, by bequest.
Bibliography
Images in Ivory. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, ed. by Peter Barnet, exhibition catalogue, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1997, fig. 63a, p. 244 (In relation to 1958,0402.1).
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