Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Openwork diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Openwork diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Detail (wing, right)

Front

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges);wood (background and frame)

Height: 206mm
Width: 270mm
Depth: 13mm (with frame)

Wing, left
Saint Peter; standing Virgin and Child; saint Paul.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; angel holding a cloth; angel holding the moon.
Rosettes in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: decorated background, painted cross and halos.

Reverse
Wooden panels.

Comments
Each ivory wing has been glued to a wooden panel.

Provenance
Georges Ryaux collection, Paris: Ryaux sale, Drouot, Paris, 24 October 1979. Drouot, Paris, 23-23 June 1981, lot 237. Sotheby's, London, 12 December 2003, lot 128. Private collection, London (bought from Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2006, lot 15).

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