Gothic Ivories Project | Triptych, 1 register, 1 and 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left
Saint Clare as a nun holding a book.
Centre panel Seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Wing, right
Saint Francis of Assisi displaying his stigmata; knotted belt.
Pinnacles. Brickwork or tiled roof.

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Paris 1981: Eastern France (Lorraine).
Liebgott 1985: Paris, c. 1340.
Detroit 1997: German (Cologne), mid-14th century.
Paris 1998: Cologne (?), after 1st quarter of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: Paris, c. 1340.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Missing: sceptre or flower in the Virgin's right hand; candles in the candlesticks held by the angels.

Provenance
Sold at Count Thott's auction, lot 234, in 1788. Purchased by the Nationalmuseet in 1833.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, 'Quelques ivoires gothiques français connus antérieurement au XIXe siècle', in Revue de l'Art Chrétien 41 (1911), pp. 387-402, fig. 19.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 118, 202, 207, 208, 263; II, no. 564.
Les Fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, ed. by F. Baron, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1981, p. 170 (in relation to no. 121).
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), pp. 54-56, fig. 49.
Images in Ivory. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, ed. by Peter Barnet, exhibition catalogue, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1997, p. 84, fig. VI-6.
Gottorf im Glanz des Barock: Die Gottorfer Kunstkammer, ed. by H. Spielmann, J. Drees, M. Bencard, F. Lühning (Schleswig, 1997), p. 346.
L'art au temps des rois maudits: Philippe le Bel et ses fils (1285-1328), exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1998, p. 170 (in relation to no. 106).

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