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Diptych, 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 4 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Passion.


Unknown location

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Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 109mm
Width: 74 mm (each)

Wing, left
Crucifixion with thieves; swooning Virgin kneeling, supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist praying; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; soldiers throwing dice for Christ's seamless garment; crowd of onlookers and soldiers; horses; trees; sun and moon; rugged cross.
Wing, right
Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; man holding a lantern. Death of Judas (Judas hanging). Carrying of the Cross with the Virgin and Holy Women helping Christ; crowd of onlookers and soldiers; house; soldier with a shield with a face; soldiers in armour; nails; hammer.
Border of dentils. Tracery. Rosettes. Row of arches.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, late 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges

Object Condition
Vertical crack down the right panel.

Provenance
Collection of Baron Albert Oppenheim, Cologne: his sale, Rudolph Lepke and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 28-29 October 1914, lot 231, pl. 86. Collection of Prof. Robert Forrer, Strasbourg. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
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.89, p. 29.


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