Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 130 mm
Width: 70 cm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; titulus.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels. Pointed trefoil in the gable.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair and beard), red and blue (architectural details), blue (lining of clothes).

Provenance
Belgian private collection; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2007, lot 5.

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