Inv. K0053/2013 (formerly Inv. 1141)
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Border of dentils; incised trefoils.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Darker areas possibly left by three adhesive strips along the right side of the panel.
Object Condition
Each tablet has remains of a powdery white substance on its surface, both on the front and reverse.
Comments
This tablet originally belonged to the same set of writing tablets as Inv. K0052/2013, also in the Detmold collection. Both panels have been inserted into identical Baroque frames decorated with putti, cherubs, shells and stags. Each frame measures 210mm x 145mm.
Provenance
From the Lippische Landesbibliothek (recorded in the inventory at the date of 3 March 1897).
Bibliography
W. Hansen, Das Lippische Landesmuseum (Detmold, 1972), fig. 37.
R. Springhorn, Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Detmold, 1989) fig. on p. 67.
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Braunschweig, 1989), fig. 90.
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