Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled triptych, 1 register (Front)

Wing, left
Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon, holding a crucifix; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel.
Centre panel
Adoration of the Magi (with Virgin and Child to the left); dove of the Holy Spirit issuing from the mouth of God the Father in the gable.
Wing, right
Unidentified female saint holding a martyr's palm; saint Mary Magdalene holding a jug.
Foliated decoration in the gables.

Kehrer 1909: Germano-Italian, c. 1390.
Egbert 1929: Venice or Veneto, early 15th century.

Attribution
Style of the Innes Diptych (Egbert 1929)

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: red (mouths); gold (foliated decoration; hair; beard; crowns; cross; palm; wheel; frame; along the hems, etc.).

Reverse
Smooth. Vertical edges of the centre panel slightly chamfered. Label with printed inscription: '167'.

Object Condition
The centre panel is pierced with several large holes.

Provenance
Acquired in 1874 from the Neukloster Monastery in Wiener Neustadt.

Bibliography
H. Kehrer, Die heiligen drei Könige in Literatur und Kunst (Leipzig, 1908-1909), II, p. 164.
D. D. Egbert, 'North Italian Gothic Ivories in the Museo Cristiano of the Vatican Library', in Art Studies 7 (1929), pp. 168-207 [p. 181, fig. 22].

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