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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes; plaquettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Metal (later hinges and clasp);ivory

Height: 93mm
Width: 44 mm (each)

Wing, left
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Wing, right
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Rosettes in the spandrels (left wing). Pinnacles (right wing).


Koechlin Number: 0531

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (in 1924): along the hems, architectural details, cross, hair, etc.

Reverse
Carved with two coats of arms (added later): one with the inscription 'Anno Dni 1515 Margareta de la Coste mundum spernens Carthusie se dedicat Deo militatura'; the other with a motto taken from Isaiah.

Provenance
Collection of Albert Figdor, Vienna (in 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 219; II, no. 531.


Image

© Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Collection Maciet. Volume 325/13.

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