Inv. B 14
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Tracery; blind arches in the spandrels; pointed trefoil in the gable.
Witte 1912: Rhineland, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French or German in a French style, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Very damaged, multiple cracks. The panel has broken into two pieces which have been put back together (see two 'nails' and two other holes on either side of the crack).
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Provenance
From the church of Wollersheim. Collection of Alexander Schnütgen (b. 1843, d. 1918); Schnütgen donated his collection to the city of Cologne in 1906 and the first Schnütgen Museum opened in 1910.
Bibliography
F. Witte, Die Skulpturen der Sammlung Schnütgen in Cöln (Berlin, 1912), p. 93, pl. 83, no. 6.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 214; II, no. 514.
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