Funeral procession of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist; the high priest Jechonias is punished for trying to overturn Mary's bier: his hands stick to it; soldier in armour.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Natanson 1951: French (?), c. 1370-1380.
Robinson 2008: German, late 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: German (Rhenish), c. 1375 - 1400.
Attribution
Kremsmünster Master (Koechlin 1924)
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Part of architectural canopy broken off in the upper left corner. Lower border chipped.
Comments
The left wing has survived and is now in the Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Inv. 2722).
Provenance
Collection of Alexandrine Louise Grandjean; bequeathed to the Museum in 1923. Koechlin 1924 lists this piece as in the collection of Sir Wernher.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 305; II, no. 840.
J. Natanson, Gothic Ivories of the 13th and 14th Centuries (London, 1951), p. 38; fig. 56.
J. Robinson, Masterpieces of Medieval Art (London, 2008), p. 125.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 234, in relation to no. 73.
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