Wing, left
Register 1: Raising of Lazarus; several onlookers blocking their nose against the dead man's smell. Entry into Jerusalem; saint Peter holding a key.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; woman holding a lantern (Hedroit?). Buffeting of Christ; head of Christ covered by a cloth.
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ washing the feet of the apostles. Judas receiving the reward.
Register 2: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross. Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet. Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges.
Provenance Collection of Aimé Desmottes, Paris: his sale, Paris, Drouot, 19-23 March 1900, lot 293.
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