Gothic Ivories Project | Double-sided medallion (Side 1)

Double-sided medallion (Side 1)

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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29127

Ivory;rock crystal (possibly later replaced by glass);silver-gilt metal

Height: 47.5mm (diameter)
Depth: 17.2mm
Weight: 58g

Side 1: Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; Christ Child holding a cross; scroll with inscription 'Ave gracia'; God the Father (Trinity); cherubs.
Side 2: Saint George and the dragon; princess praying; king, queen and other onlookers.

Lowden 2008: Paris, c. 1400-1420.
Museum's opinion 2008: France (probably Paris), 15th century, c. 1400-1420.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding.

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Comments
Comparable pendants in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin and the Museo Bargello, Florence.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1993, lot 10; Thomson collection, Toronto: acquired from H. S. Wellby Ltd., England, in January 1994; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

Bibliography
J. Cherry, J. Lowden, Medieval Ivories and Works of Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, 2008), cat. 37.

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