Inv. 441
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Incised trefoils.
Gruyer 1902 and Paris 1970: France, end of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Label with inscriptions: '441', '35'.
Pencil inscription: '4º18'.
Object Condition
Damage on the back: vertical crack and loss of ivory.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 441.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1024.
J.-G. Lemoine, 'Les 'Tables à pourtraire' du XIVe siècle au Musée Bonnat de Bayonne', in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (année 1963), pp. 7-16 (general considerations).
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