Coronation of the Virgin; seated Virgin and Child; two angels crowning the Virgin; angels standing on the sides of the bench.
Pinnacles.
Added ink inscription (18th-19th century): 'S. Maria'.
Museum's opinion 2011: Northern French, c. 1340-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Label from the Douane Centrale in Paris. Labels with various inscriptions: '44', 'K +/395', '11'.
Object Condition
Missing: crown of the Virgin, hand of one angel.
Later hole above the Virgin's head, for hanging.
Provenance
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Levy Hermanos, Paris and New York; Robert L. Hermanos and Miriam H. Knapp, by descent (1991-1993); gift of Robert L. Hermanos and Miriam H. Knapp to the Museum in memory of their parents Mr and Mrs Maxime Levy Hermanos, in 1993.
Bibliography
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1993-1994 (Fall 1994), p. 19.
Mirror of the Medieval World, exhibition catalogue, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, no. 159, pp. 136, ill.
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