Inv. 144/AV
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John; Sun and Moon; rugged cross.
Brickwork.
Mallé 1969: France?, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Vitali 1976: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Turin 1996: Rhineland, beginning of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish, end of the 14th century.
Attribution
Style of the Kremsmünster Master (Turin 1996)
Reverse
Recessed for wax.Later inscription '1893'; Accorsi label: '50173'. Small label: '28'.
Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 189.
Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.
Bibliography
V. Viale, 'I principali incrementi del Museo Civico', in Bollettino della Società Piemontese d'Archeologia e Belle Arti (Turin, 1948), pl. 26.
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pp. 290-291, pl. 124 (as Inv. 189).
L. Vitali, Avori gotici francesi (Milan, 1976), no. 28.
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 399.
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