Wing, left
Register 1: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body). Resurrection; two angels kneeling on the tomb; tomb decorated with diamond patterns.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Wing, right
Register 1: Flagellation; whips. Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; musician shepherd playing the bagpipes.
Border of dentils.
Unpublished.
Attribution Unknown
Provenance Christie's, London, 29 April 1980, lot 162. Christie's, London, 9 December 1980, lot 22.
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