GERMAN SCHOOL About 1500 1 - The Visitation or the meeting of Mary and Saint Elizabeth (Gospel of Luke. I. 39 - 56) Oil on panel. Gold background top left, large foliage scrolls in slight relief on a stylized tree (Minor damage, bronze highlights and restorations, especially in the upper part). H. 97.5 - W. 86 cm. 2 - On the reverse: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Oil on panel (Small loss in the upper right corner; large loss in the upper left corner: 29, x 52,5 x 43 cm. Transversal detachment in the lower part). H. 102.5 - 88.5 cm Gothic style frame with two twisted columns and slightly arched upper section 2 bis : Salomé and a follower. Oil on panel. Fragment detached from the missing part at top left (Vertical split, accidents, gaps and minor restorations). Old label with a handwritten inscription in pen (damaged). H. 34 - W. 17 cm For religious paintings with gold backgrounds decorated with floral motifs in light relief in German painting of the late 15th - early 16th century, see for comparison the compositions preserved in the museums of Dijon, Lyon and Colmar (Cf. Catalogue of the exhibition Peintures germaniques des collections françaises (1370 - 1550), n°20, 21, 25, 32 & 40 - Besançon, Colmar & Dijon. 2024). Photo: Jules Wengel's studio circa 1894 - private collection. Expert : Patrice DUBOIS