Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Front)

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Ivory

Height: 73 mm
Width: 52 mm

Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo lactans; Vierge glorieuse); two angels crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Missing: candles held by the angels.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 24 (purchased by Palotti).

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