Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding a shawm; swaddled Christ.
Museum's opinion 2011: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
No trace of polychromy, even after close analysis.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Ink inscription: '2756'.
Object Condition
Pierced with a hole on the right for the missing clasp.
Provenance
Collection of Antoine Vivenel (b. 1799, d. 1862), Paris (from the 2nd quarter of the 19th century); made into a museum in 1841; given to the town of Compiègne in 1843.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 151 (?).
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