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Triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the wheel; Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; unidentified female saint with hands crossed on her chest.
Pinnacles. Crosshatched or diapered background. Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
No traces of hinges. The panels seem to be held together by wire going through holes.

Provenance
Collection of Consul Carl Becker, Frankfurt: sale, Cologne, 23 May 1898, lot 63.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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