Koechlin 1912: mid 14th century.
Randall 1993: Mosan (?), 1340-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscription with modern inventory number.
Object Condition
Missing: left foot of the Virgin.
Repaired crack in the lower left border and angel's drapery. Breakage around the upper hinge. Many small vertical cracks. A large piece has broken from the lower right corner of the left leaf, reaching almost to the left hip of the standing angel (repaired with glue). Slight loss at the bottom edge of the left leaf.
Provenance
Emile Baboin collection, Lyons; Aimé Baboin (b. 1888, d. 1985), Lyons, by inheritance; bought from Raphael Stora, New York, in 1955, on consignment from Aimé Baboin.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Ivoires gothiques: Collection Emile Baboin (Lyons, 1912), no. 6.
Collector's Choice Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Saint Louis, City Art Museum, 1955, no. 289.
J. W. Mann, 'Diptych with Scenes from Christ's Passion', in Medieval Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin XX (Winter 1992), pp. 40-41.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 85.
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