Inv. B 19
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross.
Pierced rounded trefoils in the spandrels.
Witte 1912: Germany (?), 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Object Condition
White substance in certain areas.
Provenance
Collection of Alexander Schnütgen (b. 1843, d. 1918), who had bought it from an art dealer in Cologne (Schnütgen donated his collection to the city of Cologne in 1906 and the first Schnütgen Museum opened in 1910).
Bibliography
F. Witte, Die Skulpturen der Sammlung Schnütgen in Cöln (Berlin, 1912), p. 93, pl. 83, no. 1.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 220-225; II, no. 554.
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