Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled wing (fragment of a diptych; wing, left), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Gabled wing (fragment of a diptych; wing, left), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Gabled wing (fragment of a diptych; wing, left), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Links

Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 50mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side (the trace of the second hinge is lost, as it would have been in the missing part of the panel).

Object Condition
The upper corners have been shaved off: the panel was originally oblong.

Provenance
Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris: sold, Paris, 11-16 May 1908.

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.