Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29100

Ivory

Height: 203.5mm
Width: 104mm
Depth: 70mm
Weight: 184g

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels swinging censers.
Register 2: Annunciation of the Virgin's death by an angel (Gabriel) with a palm branch; the Virgin in conversation with her maidens; the Virgin's prayer.
Register 3: Annunciation; vase of lilies. Visitation.

Unpublished

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Three missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Very brown.

Object Condition
Cracked.

Provenance
Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired through Hermann Baer, London from Torquay (England), Bearnes & Waycotts, 28 May 1969, lot 201 (no catalogue); since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

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