Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker including a soldier in full armour.
Tracery; blind arches; beaded border.
Randall 1993: Lower Rhenish or Mosan, last quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Cracked through the right arm of the cross and Christ's right arm.
Comments
This writing tablet belongs to the same set as another one with the same provenance, featuring the Coronation of the Virgin (see related objects link).
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1973, lot 5. Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 26. Max Falke collection, New York (in 1993). Sotheby's, New York, 17 October 2000, lot 57.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 151.
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