Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Iron (hinges);ivory

Height: 133 mm
Width: 121 mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Carrying of the Cross; crowd of onlookers including soldiers.
Register 2: Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; figures holding scrolls.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; soldier on horseback
Register 2: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body); Holy Women.
Pinnacles.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Blue and white labels with inscriptions on the back of the left wing: 'IIIa. 26' and '182'.

Object Condition
Missing: upper right corner of the left wing; repair to the upper border of the right wing; gables chipped.
Numerous cracks.

Provenance
Sale, Vienna, 24 February 2015, lot 2.

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