Carved ivory plaque in two registers. Under a series of pointed arches with gables with hooks and flowers: upper register, the Crucifixion animated by numerous characters, with the Pamoison of the Virgin on the left, Christ framed by Longinus and Stephaton, Saint John and other actors on the right; in the lower register, two scenes from the life of Saint Jerome, on the left, the Flagellation, on the right, the Penitent in the desert.
Northern Italy, late 14th century.
Height: 11 cm Width: 7 cm
Presented in a frame and fixed on a velvet background.
Provenance: Jean CORDEY Collection, assistant curator at the Bibliothèque Nationale.
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