Inv. F 2758
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Row of blind arches in the spandrels; tracery; pointed trefoil in the gable.
Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Germany (?), 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: black
Reverse
Smooth and curved.
Object Condition
Drilled holes in each corner; corners damaged.
Provenance
Collection of Counts Shuvalov, Saint Petersburg; collection of the Shuvalov House Museum, Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]; acquired by the Hermitage in 1923.
Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Petersburg, 2014), no. 177.
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