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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum

Inv. Pl 36:96

Ivory

Height: 79mm
Width: 43mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; two angels holding candlesticks.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.


Koechlin Number: 0549

Koechlin 1924: France, middle of 14th century.
Jülich 2007: Paris, 1st half of 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Blue and white label with inscription: '739'. Earlier white label with inscription '96'.

Object Condition
Large central hole at the top; vertical crack from the top down; damaged on the arch.
Upper right corner chipped. Worn.

Provenance
Probably from the collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 217; II, no. 549.
Kunstschätze aus dem Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 1948), no. 23.
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. 36.


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