Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case or medallion, with arches (valve de miroir; médaillon) (Front)

Mirror case or medallion, with arches (valve de miroir; médaillon) (Front)

Mirror case or medallion, with arches (valve de miroir; médaillon) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Ivory;gilt copper (frame)

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Animal heads in the spandrels (dog heads?).

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 16 (purchased by Fitzhenry).

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