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Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. BMH bi1656

Ivory

Height: 88mm
Width: 48.5mm
Depth: 3.5-4mm
Weight: 20g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; onlookers; rugged cross.
Pointed trefoils.

Dam and Graaf 1913: 1st half of the 14th century.
Tha Hague 1963: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koekkoek 1987: Germany (?), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Some scoring.
Label with ink inscription: 'Risj. Mus. N. 1656 Cat. 148'.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel. Hole in the upper left corner.

Provenance
Bought from G. Meerman, Haarlem on 15 March 1899.

Bibliography
H. A. Th. Dam and J. J. Graaf, Gids in het Bisschoppelijk Museum, voor kerkelijke oudheid, kunst en geschiedenis, vooral van Nederland en het meer bijzonder van het Haarlemsche Bisdom te Haarlem (Haarlem, 1913), no. 148.
Verkorte gids in het Bischoppelijk Museum, voor kerkelijke oudheid, kunst en geschiedenis, vooral van Nederland en het meer bijzonder van het Haarlemsche Bisdom te Haarlem (Haarlem, 1923), no. 148.
Kunst uit kerkelijke Musea in Nederland in het Gemeentemuseum, exhibition catalogue, The Hague, 1963, no. 60.
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), no. 8.


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