Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding candlesticks.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils.
Museum's opinion 2008: French, c. 1360-1370.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Reverse Flat and smooth.
Provenance Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 31 May 1996, lot 175. Thomson collection, Toronto (acquired, Sam Fogg, London, 3 October 2003); since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.
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