Inv. B 30
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Witte 1912: France, mid 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (wings; lily).
Object Condition
Central holes in the upper part and lower part of the panel.
Provenance
Collection of Alexander Schnütgen (b. 1843, d. 1918), who had bought it from an art dealer in Augsburg (Schnütgen donated his collection to the city of Cologne in 1906 and the first Schnütgen Museum opened in 1910).
Bibliography
F. Witte, Die Skulpturen der Sammlung Schnütgen in Cöln (Berlin, 1912), p. 93, pl. 83, no. 5.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 209; II, no. 444.
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