Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ); saint Peter cuts Malchus' ear.
Register 2: Entombment with Holy Women.
Four men holding scrolls in the spandrels.
Lowden 2008: North Italian (Veneto?), c. 1350-1400.
Museum's opinion 2008: Italy (Venice or Padua), late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Crosshatched border on three sides.
Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part. Border partly broken.
Comments
The panel has a recessed border on all sides.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland; Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired, 19 May 1992, from Richard Camber, London; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.
Bibliography
J. Cherry, J. Lowden, Medieval Ivories and Works of Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, 2008), cat. 34.
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