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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29129

Ivory;silver (mount), rock crystal

Height: 44mm (diameter)

Side 1: Adoration of the Magi with Joseph.
Side 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; onlookers (painted).

Museum's opinion 2008: German (?), mid-15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding.

Reverse
Painted.

Provenance
Thomson collection, Toronto: acquired from Maria Baer, London, June 1982; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

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