Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas; Arrest of Christ); book.
Randall 1993: Flemish (?), 1340-1370.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Heads of figures rubbed.
Comments
Possibly from the same ensemble as a scene of the Washing of the Feet now Cl. 11980 in the Musée de Cluny in Paris (according to Randall 1993). See related object.
Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 19 May 1927, lot 71. Fernandez collection, Paris. Charles Bollas Rogers collection, New York. Thomas Flannery collection, Winnetka, Illinois: sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1983, lot 59. Max Falke collection, New York (at least until 1993).
Note: the order of the early provenance has not been verified.
Bibliography
The World as Symbol: An Exhibition of Medieval Art, exhibition catalogue, New York, Queens College, 1959, no. 57.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 46.
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