Annunciation to the Shepherds; sheep; trees.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century (Niort fragment of the same polyptych).
Randall 1993: English (German workman or model), 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (pattern on the background), black (boots), green (grass and tree), red, yellow.
Reverse
Not visible.
Object Condition
Shaved on all sides.
Comments
Other fragments have survived: one in the Musée Bernard d'Agesci in Niort (Inv. 914.1.137), two in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (64.27.19 and 64.27.20), two other ones in the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento (1960.3.54 and 78) and one in Washington. This panel was the 1st register of the inner right wing.
To see how these fragments were originally arranged, see Randall 1993.
Provenance
Gift of Ralph C. and Violette M. Lee in 1960.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, no. 182 (Niort fragment of the same polyptych).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 45b.
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