Inv. 3855 (3709)
Register 1: Crucifixion; Longinus kneeling with hands in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.
Register 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Serra 1929: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Morbidoni 2012: France (Paris ?), 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: French, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two ring (?) hinges on either side.
Reverse
Curved and smooth. Pen inscription: '3709' (former inventory number).
Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel. Some dark stains.
Missing: upper part of the gable; Longinus' spear; head of the Christ; one of the two candles held by the angels.
Comments
This panel would originally have been the centre part of a triptych.
Provenance
Collection of Annibale degli Abbati Olivieri Giordani (b. 1708, d. 1789); donated by him in 1756 to the city of Pesaro.
Bibliography
Atlante del Gotico nelle Marche. Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino (Milan, 2004), I, pp. 118-119 (B. Montevecchi).
La stanza degli avori: preziose creazioni eburnee sacre e profane tra Pesaro e Urbino, exhibition catalogue, Pesaro, Museo Diocesano, 8 May-16 September 2012, p. 20 (M. Morbidoni).
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 56.
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