Inv. D8408
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker.
Incised trefoils in spandrels.
Koechlin 1924: Scandinavia, 14th century.
Liebgott 1985: Iceland, end of the 14th century.
Copenhagen 1997-1998: Iceland, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: Scandinavia or Iceland, end of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (spandrels).
Object Condition
Worn.
Missing: upper left corner.
Two holes in the upper part of the panel. Numerous cracks.
Provenance
Gift of the Principal of the Treasury Department Christian Sveistrup in 1913.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, no. 608bis.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), pp. 64-65, fig. 61.
Margrete I, Regent of the North, exhibition catalogue, Nationalmuseum Danmarks, 1997-1998, fig. 247, p. 197 (P. Grinder-Hansen).
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