Gothic Ivories Project | Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Ivory

Martyrdom of saint Sebastian; saint Sebastian tied to a tree; arrows. Saint Roch with pilgrim's staff and hat uncovers his leg to show a sore to a kneeling angel; dog carrying a loaf of bread. Saint Maurice as a soldier in armour; sword.
Twisted columns; roped border; scored background.

Koechlin Number: 0941

Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th or early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Collection Charles-Léon Cardon, Brussels (by 1900; sold before 1924) (no. 269).

Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 192 (Cardon collection).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 335; II, no. 941.

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