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Two Scenes from the Passion of Christ

TWO SCENES FROM THE PASSION OF CHRISTBelgium, Louvain, Carthusian Cloister (?)
c. 1520-1525
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
68.6 x 47.0 (27 x 18 1/2) (each)
Some replacements in each panel

Provenance: Sir Thomas Neave, Dagenham Park, Essex; George Blumenthal, New York
Bibliography: Rubinstein-Block (1926), pl. 51; McNab (1982), n.p.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 41.190.45 3 and 454 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

A. The mocking of Christ (41.190.454); B. Christ stripped of his robe (41.190.45 3)
Inscription: B. THENMINV (border of robe of figure on left)

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