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

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

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

Links

Subject
Religious. Saints.

Unknown location

S/n

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 88mm
Width: 58 mm (each)

Wing, left
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; standing Virgin and Child; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker; rugged cross.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels and gables; border of dentils.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, c. 1370.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Chalandon collection, Lyons. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
Exposition de Lyon, exhibition catalogue, Lyon, 1877, no. 552.
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.94, p. 28.

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.