Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; angels holding navettes and the sun and the moon in the spandrels.

Randall 1993: North France (?) or Paris (?), 1340-1360.
Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), 2nd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Mary Onsen collection, Washington, D.C.. Henry Ickelheimer collection, New York: Ickelheimer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10 May 1950, lot 134. Bought from Jacques Seligman & Co., New York, in 1973 (gift of John Goelet in honour of Hanns Swarzenski).

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 83.

Photograph © 15 July 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Credit Line: Gift of John Goelet in honor of Mr. Hanns Swarzenski.

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