Gothic Ivories Project | Box, with ogee arches (boîte) (Front)

Box, with ogee arches (boîte) (Front)

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Interior

Front, open

End, right

Lid

Bottom

Links

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Passion. Infancy of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.thewadsworth.org

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum

Inv. 1949.393

Bone;wood (core)

Height: 159 cm
Width: 310 cm
Depth: 210 cm

Lid
Presentation in the Temple. Christ among the Doctors. Baptism of Christ by saint John the Baptist. Supper at Emmaus: Christ is recognised while breaking the bread. Entry into Jerusalem. Last Supper. Christ washing the feet of the apostles. Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane).
Body, front
Christ led away by soldiers (arrest of Christ). Flagellation. Carrying of the Cross. Crucifixion.End, rightDeposition. Entombment.
Body, back
Resurrection. Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell. Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene). Resurrected Christ appearing to the Virgin.
End, left
Christ appearing to saint Thomas. Christ appearing to saint Peter.
Crosshatched background. Foliated border.

Randall 1993: Flemish, 1430-1460.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Hinged.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold, blue, green and brown.

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Object Condition
Warped lid. Brass handle and some nails are later additions.

Provenance
French and Co., New York, 1939. From Ars Antiqua, New York; purchased at the Joseph Brummer sale, 12 May 1949, lot 697 [Part II of Sale]; gift of Mrs. Charles Cunningham.

Bibliography
European Art, 1450-1500, exhibition catalogue, New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1939, no. 173 (lent by French and Co.).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 164.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 175.

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