Inv. 130/AV
Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds.
Crosshatched background. Brickwork. Twisted columns.
Koechlin 1924: France, beginning of the 16th century.
Mallé 1969: Aosta (?), last quarter of the 15th century.
Tomasi 2006: Flemish, last quarter of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: French or North Italian, late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding.
Object Condition
Upper part broken.
Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 75. Later inscription in red '860' (original Museum number used until ca. 1950), in black pencil '75' (Museum number used ca. 1950-1987) and '1312'.
Provenance
Probably acquired in the late 19th century.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 334; II, no. 912; III, pl. CLXII.
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pp. 318-319, pl. 168.
Giacomo Jaquerio e il Gotico Internazionale in Piemonte, ed. by E. Castelnuovo and G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama, 1979, pp. 290-291, pl. 58.
Corti e città. Arte del Quattrocento delle Alpi occidentali, ed. by E. Pagella, E. Rossetti Brezzi, E. Castelnuovo, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama, 2006, no. 55, pp. 98-99.
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