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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Register 1: Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; saint Catherine of Alexandria; broken wheel; martyr's palm; crown. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; sheep. Saint Peter holding a key (?); saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei).
Diapered background; pointed trefoils; pilasters.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 27-28 May 1982, lot 355.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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