Gothic Ivories Project | Relief (appliqué); used as part of a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Relief (appliqué); used as part of a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Relief (appliqué); used as part of a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Religious.

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Ivory (?);metal (frame)

Height: 55 mm
Width: 42 mm

Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity; God the Father holding an orb (to the left); God the Father with papal tiara; making a blessing gesture; dove of the Holy Spirit; Christ (to the right) crowning the Virgin; five standing angels.

Molinier 1890: German, late 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Not visible.

Provenance
Collection of Frédéric Spitzer, Paris: his sale, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 159.

Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 124 (E. Molinier).

Image

Out of Copyright. From Spitzer sale catalogue, 1893.

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