Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (CAST, front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (CAST, front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (CAST, front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 128-129mm
Width: 61mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd blowing into a shawm; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; rugged cross.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.

Attribution
Unknown

Comments
A cast was made of this piece in the 19th century and the photograph on this page is a photograph of this cast (Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt and Conway Library, no. 259a-b).

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