Gothic Ivories Project | Triptych, 2 registers, with arches and bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses; colonnettes) (Front)

Triptych, 2 registers, with arches and bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses; colonnettes) (Front)

Triptych, 2 registers, with arches and bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 282mm
Width: 235mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Carrying of the Cross; man holding a hammer.
Register 2: Adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).
Centre panel
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus shielding his eyes, holding a spear; angels holding the sun and moon; soldier holding a spear; titulus.
Register 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Register 1: Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Pinnacles.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Comments
This triptych reproduces the so-called Triptych of Saint-Sulpice-du-Tarn now in the Musée de Cluny (Cl. 13101).

Provenance
Collection of S. J. Whawell. Sotheby's, London, 3 May 1927, lot 412.

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