Inv. 438bis
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; onlooker.
Pointed trefoils.
Gruyer 1902 and Paris 1930: France, end of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Traces of red wax. Labels with inscriptions: '438', '31'. Cancelled inscriptions: '385' (?), '277', '399 al [?] les 2' (originally 499). Inscriptions: '4º29 NL les 2'
Object Condition
Deep vertical crack which has caused the loss of part of the background.
Comments
This panel was probably one of the outer covers of a set of writing tablets; the other outer cover of this same set was probably Inv. 438, also in Bayonne (see related objects).
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 438.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1021.
J.-G. Lemoine, 'Contribution à l'étude des 'Carnets de croquis', in Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Bayonne (January 1961), pp. 1-29 (fig. 19).
J.-G. Lemoine, 'Les 'Tables à pourtraire' du XIVe siècle au Musée Bonnat de Bayonne', in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (année 1963), pp. 7-16 (general considerations).
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