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Openwork panel (fragment), 1 register (plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork panel (fragment), 1 register (plaque ajourée) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
museum.antwerpen.be

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Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh

MMB.0450

Ivory

Height: 28mm
Width: 30mm

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; wheel; martyr's palm; crown; standing Virgin and Child; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei).

Museum's opinion 2012: France, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Label with inscription: '228'.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Purchased in Antwerp on 26 March 1899 by Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (b. 1858, d. 1901), Antwerp; upon his death, his mother Henriëtte had a purpose-built museum erected (1901-1904) to house his collection.

Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].

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