Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body), with Holy Women; onlookers; ointment pot; shroud.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Giusti 1999: France (Paris), mid 14th century.
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
Various labels with inscriptions: '83', 'Coll. Ernest Brummer'.
Object Condition
Missing: upper right corner.
Outer edge chipped. Deep cracks.
Comments
This fragment originally was the upper register of the right wing of a diptych.
Provenance
Collection of Ernest Brummer: his sale, Galerie Koller and Spink and Son, Zürich, 16-19 October 1979, lot 83.
Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.22.
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