Description
This leather panel has been tooled into deep relief. It probably decorated a wooden casket. The two scenes represented are, above, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection--also known as the Noli me tangere ("Do not touch me")--and, below, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem.
Provenance
(Brummer Gallery, New York, 1949); Art Institute of Chicago, 1972; (Blumka Gallery, New York).
Accession Number
1973.223
Medium
tooled leather
Dimensions
Overall: 15.9 x 7.7 cm (6 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Leather
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka
