Inv. 625
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Vöge 1900: French, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (clothes).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Cancelled red ink inscription: 489. Older inscription: '...30'.
Object Condition
A few vertical cracks.
Provenance
Acquired by the Kunstkammer in Basel in 1844.
Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 90, pl. XXX.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 46, pl. 44.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 223; II, no. 601.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 97.
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