King Arthur in armour; banner; shield with three crowns.
Crosshatched background.
Troyes 2011: Flanders (?), 2nd half of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat, with some vertical scoring along the longer sides.
Object Condition
Hole in each corner.
Comments
Probably from a series featuring the Nine Worthies. Two other panels from this series once were in the Musée Antoine Lécuyer collection but are now lost (see L 280 and L 282).
Provenance
Maybe part of the bequest made by Félix and Josias Le Sérurier in 1883 (museum archives disappeared in 1917).
Bibliography
Chrétien de Troyes et la Légende du roi Arthur, exhibition catalogue, Troyes, Médiathèque du Grand Troyes, 14 March-30 June 2011, p. 48 (C. Yvard).
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