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Diptych, 1 register (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register (plaquettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.205

Ivory

Height: 60mm
Width: 42mm

Wing, left
Coronation of the Virgin; two angels swinging censers.
Wing, right
Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and one of the Holy Women; sun and moon.
Border of dentils.

Museum's opinion 2010: Germany (?), 14th century (?).


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Bought in 1912 by Henry Walters from Jacques Seligmannn in Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.


Image

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