THREE ELEMENTS OF WOODWORK, NORMANDY, EARLY 17th CENTURY in oak wood carved in bas-relief with three figures in a niche bordered by a frieze with foliage in the spandrels at the top. They depict an abbess holding a crosier, a holy bishop and a martyred abbot holding a crosier and a palm leaf. (The bishop's panel is shrunken in height and width.) Three wood panels, Normandy, early 17th century HEIGHT. 110 - LARG. 51 CM - H. 43,3 - W. 20,1 IN.

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