Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation of the Virgin's death by an angel (Gabriel) with a palm branch. Saint John receives the palm from the Virgin.
Register 2: the miraculous transportation of the apostles, bringing them to the Virgin's deathbed (?).
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two kneeling angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Funeral procession of the Virgin; the high priest Jechonias is punished for trying to overturn Mary's bier: his hands stick to it; soldier in armour.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Provenance Collection of Caspar and Stephan Bourgeois, art dealers, Cologne: sold, Lempertz, Cologne, 19-27 October 1904, lot 1084.
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