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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
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Religious.

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Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

Inv. 147/AV

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 134mm
Width: 209mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin; Christ touching with his right hand the Virgin's chin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; angels holding the sun and the moon; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Longinus shielding his eyes; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.


Koechlin Number: 0433

Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 1st third of the 14th century
Mallé 1969 and Vitali 1976: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Martini and Rizzardi 1990: France (Paris), 1340-1350.
Turin 1996 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, c. 1340-1350.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (haloes) and polychromy (cross; arch above the Virgin).

Reverse
Accorsi label with inscription '5019'.

Object Condition
Missing: candlesticks; decoration in the spandrels.

Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 192. Inscription '192' on the side.

Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 205, II, no. 433.
V. Viale, 'I principali incrementi del Museo Civico', in Bollettino della Società Piemontese d'Archeologia e Belle Arti (Turin, 1948), pl. 24.
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pp. 288-289, no. 127 (as Inv. 192).
L. Vitali, Avori gotici francesi (Milan, 1976), no. 20.
Avori bizantini e medievali nel museo nazionale di Ravenna, ed. by L. Martini and C. Rizzardi (Ravenna, 1990), p. 121, fig. 45.
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 396.


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