Inv. Pl.O. 388
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by two of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Stafski 1965: Northern France (?), last third of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue.
Object Condition
Edges chipped in places.
Provenance
Collection of Freiherr von Eelking, Bremen; acquired in 1880 by the Museum.
Bibliography
H. Bösch, Katalog der im germanischen Museum befindlichen Originalskulpturen (Nuremberg, 1890), no. 50.
W. Josephi, Kataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums Nürnberg. Die Werke plastischer Kunst (Nuremberg, 1910), no. 626, pl. LXIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 223-225; II, no. 603.
H. Stafski, Kataloge des Germanischen Nationaslmuseums Nürnberg. Die mittelalterlichen Bildwerke, Pt. 1. Die Bildwerke in Stein, Holz, Ton und Elfenbein bis um 1450 (Nuremberg, 1965), p. 250, no. 230.
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