Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John (possibly from a diptych)

about 1325–50

Place of ManufactureParis, France

Medium/TechniqueIvory with metal frame

Dimensions17.2 x 10.6 x 1.6 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 5/8 in.); Legacy dimension: Overall 6 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (17 x 10.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of John Goelet in honor of Hanns Swarzenski

Accession number1973.690

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ClassificationsSculpture

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Provenance1950, Mrs. May S. Onsen, Washington, DC; May 10, 1950, anonymous sale (consigned by May Onsen), Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 134, to Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York (stock no. 7888), possibly on behalf of Germain Seligman (b. 1893 - d. 1978), New York [see note]; February 8, 1966, sold by Jacques Seligmann and Co. to John Goelet, New York; 1973, year-end gift of John Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1974)

NOTE: In May, 1950 representatives of the Seligmann firm inquired with Parke-Bernet regarding the consignor of the relief, indicating that they were asking on behalf of the private party for whom they had bought it. Representatives of the firm then immediately informed Germain Seligman, the director of the gallery who was at that time in Paris, that the consignor was Mrs. Onsen. It is possible that Germain Seligman owned it privately and consigned it to Jacques Seligmann and Co., or that ownership of the relief transferred back and forth. Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Records, General Correspondence, Box 75, Folder 12, Parke-Bernet Galleries; and Germain Seligman Correspondence, Box 137, folder 4, January-May 1950. For the date of sale to John Goelet, see Stock Catalogs, Box 284, Folder 5, Sculpture, ca. 1956-1971.