Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Under a trefoil arch.
De Coo 1933: France, 14th century.
De Coo 1969 and Museum's opinion 2012: France or Southern Netherlands, last quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Provenance
Purchased from Renard-Soubre, Liege, in 1889 (250 fr.) or from the Parmentier collection, Dendermonde in 1895 through Van Snick, Nieuwenkerken-Waas (500 fr.) by Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (b. 1858, d. 1901), Antwerp; upon his death, his mother Henriëtte had a purpose-built museum erected (1901-1904) to house his collection.
Bibliography
J. De Coo, Catalogue du Musée Mayer van den Bergh (Antwerp, 1933), no. 227.
J. De Coo, Museum Mayer Van den Bergh, Catalogus 2. Beeldhouwkunst, plaketten, antiek (Antwerp, 1969), no. 2132.
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
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