Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 148a

Ivory

Height: 25mm (diameter)
Depth: 4mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross; sun and moon.

Museum's opinion 2013: c. 1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold (haloes; cross; robes), blue (robes), green (ground).

Object Condition
Missing: part of the background decoration.

Provenance
Purchased on 17 December 1986 from Julius Böhler, art dealer, Munich.

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