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

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers (Front, detail)

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers (Front, detail)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Repository Institution
palais-tau.monuments-nationaux.fr

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Rheims, Palais du Tau

Inv. TAU1986000110

Ivory

Height: 150mm
Width: 90 mm
Depth: 9 mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Register 2: Judas receiving the reward.

Koechlin Number: 0236

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Lower border chipped.
Holes in the upper edge.

Comments
The right wing of this diptych is also in Rheims, Inv. TAU1905000109 (see related objects)

Provenance
Gautereau collection (in 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 151; II, no. 236; III, pl. LXII.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].

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