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

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum

1960.3.80

Height: 88mm
Width: 46mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Virgin praying; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Randall 1993: French (Paris), mid-14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: blue, green, red.

Reverse
Not visible.

Object Condition
Two breaks along the right side have been filled; also in the upper and lower left border.
Chipped lower left corner.

Provenance
Gift of Ralph C. and Violette M. Lee in 1960.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 72.

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