Inv. 630 (almost completely destroyed)
Decollation of saint John the Baptist (Martyrdom of saint John the Baptist); executioner bringing the head of saint John the Baptist to Salome; angels.
Pointed trefoils.
Vöge 1900: France (?), late 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, late 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: France, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Almost completely destroyed in WWII: one fragment has survived.
Provenance
Collection of Anton Josef Essingh (b. 1787, d. 1864), Cologne: his sale, Heberle, Cologne, 18 September 1865, lot 889; acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1865; undocumented after 7 April 1945; one fragment returned by the Soviet Union to the Museum in 1958.
Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 115.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), pp. 42-43, pl. 50.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 240.
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