Register 1: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemani); apostles asleep; trees. Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Register 2: Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; vase of lilies. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Rounded trefoils. Pilasters. Pinnacles.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Antwerp 1981: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 35. Bought by J. H. Fitzhenry, London: His sale, Christie's, London, 18 November 1913, lot 25; bought by Ready. Collection of Henry Oppenheimer: his sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1936, lot 175. Private collection, Antwerp, in 1981.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 185, 187; II, no. 360 (?).
B. Blondeel and P. Gevaert, Gotische groepen uit Antwerps privé-bezit, exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, Bank Brussel Lambert, 1981.
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