Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquettes: frise d' arcatures) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquettes: frise d' arcatures) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquettes: frise d' arcatures) (Wing, left)

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Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges and clasp)

Height: 112mm
Width: 132mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree. Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell; demon.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ in Glory with Resurrection of the Dead; angels holding Instruments of the Passion (spear; nails; cross; crown of thorns); Virgin Mary and saint John the Baptist kneeling; souls rising from their tombs.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Collection of Prince Petr Soltykoff (b. c. 1801, d. 1889): sale, Paris, Drouot, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29 April and 1 May 1861, lot 245; purchased by Dejean. Maurice Kann collection: his sale, Paris, 5 December 1910, lot 220.

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