Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Wing, right
Crucifixion, with jet of blood or spear striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angels holding the sun and the moon; rugged cross; titulus.
Pinnacles; incised trefoils.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Object Condition Missing: part of the jet of blood; candles in the left panel. The right panel has broken into several pieces which have been glued back together.
Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 7 July 1999, lot 16.
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