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Triptych, 3 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Triptych, 3 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ. Passion.

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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Register 2: attendant with horses (whip).
Register 3: Betrayal (Kiss of Judas).
Centre panel
Register 1: Nativity with Joseph holding Christ; adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi continued on the right wing).
Register 2: Christ washing the feet of the apostles; Pentecost (?) with the Virgin and saint Peter holding a key.
Register 3: Death of Judas (Judas hanging); soldier in armour. Crucifixion; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.
Wing, right
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); tree.
Register 3: Resurrectionl angel standing on the tomb.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 45.


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