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Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Wing, left

Wing, right

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 100mm
Width: 160mm (open)

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Provenance
Collection of Herrmann Sax, Vienna: Sax sale, Vienna, Miethke, 4 December 1893, lot 120, with ill.


Image

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