Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body) with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Randall 1993: German (Mainz), last quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Master of Kremsmunster (Randall 1993).
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: green brown, pink and black.
Reverse
Not visible.
Object Condition
Missing: upper left corner (repaired).
The base shows traces of planing after a saw-cut.
Comments
This piece originally was the upper register of the left wing of a diptych.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph C. and Violette M. Lee in 1960.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 150.
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