Wing, left
Fortuna (Fortune) standing on a globe and holding a sail; pilgrim of the order of saint James; hat decorated with scallop shell; pilgrim's staff. Monogram 'I A' linked with love knots.
Wing, right
Death of Pyramus and Thisbe; Thisbe discovers the dying Pyramus; lion with a piece of Thisbe's veil in its mouth; Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword; fountain; fashionable dress.
Beaded border; foliated decoration; putti; scalloped arch; crosshatched background.
Museum's opinion 2010: German, 16th century.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Object Condition Holes on either side of each panel.
Provenance Collection of Harry G. Friedman, New York: his gift to the Museum of Fine Arts in 1959.
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