Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding a shawm; sheep.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Object Condition
Missing: hands of one of the angels; scroll held by the other.
Comments
The right wing of this diptych is in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (OA 10007). See related objects.
Provenance
Collection of Napoléon and Marie-Aimée Amiel-Le Caron de Fleury, France, c.1920-1932; by descent to Auguste and Jacqueline Amiel-Millevoye collection (1932-1979); by descent to private collection, The Hague, from 1979; by descent to private collection, Brazil; Christie's, Paris, 23 June 2014, lot 7. On the art market, Antwerp, February 2015.
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