Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Museum's opinion 2011: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: blue and gold (spandrels), black (cross), gold (along the hem of John's cloak).
Reverse
Flat. Pasted onto a piece of cardboard. Labels recording provenance.
Object Condition
Vertical crack. Missing part of background. Glued onto a backing because it had broken into at least 5 pieces. One piece of ivory is modern, to the left of Christ's feet.
Provenance
Collection of Charles Fairfax-Murray (b. 1849, d. 1919): his bequest to the Museum in 1917.
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