Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious.

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Leipzig, Deutsche Gesellschaft (in 1924)

Destroyed

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Missing: candles held by the angels.

Provenance
Destroyed during WWII.

Image

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