Gothic Ivories Project | Group (fragment of a Crucifixion scene) (Front)

Group (fragment of a Crucifixion scene) (Front)

Group (fragment of a Crucifixion scene) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 202mm
Width: 83mm
Depth: 30mm

Saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls with inscriptions (part of a Crucifixion).
Inscription: 'Vere filivs de[i]'.

Williamson 2005: German (?), probably c. 1360-1380.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy (modern): red, blue, black, green.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Private collection, London (bought, 8 November 1999, from Blumka, New York).

Bibliography
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 38.

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