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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)
Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)
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Religious.

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Brussels, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire - Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst und Geschiedenis (Musée du Cinquantenaire)

Inv. 7595

Ivory

Height: 75mm
Width: 35mm

Virgin of Mercy (Schutzmantelmadonna); Virgin sheltering under her cloak four tonsured clerics kneeling in prayer.

Brussels 1964: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Blue and white label with blue pencil inscription: '715'.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel for suspension.
Repairs around the hinges.

Provenance
Bequest from Mademoiselle Royaert, Brussels, in 1944.

Bibliography
A. Jansen, Christelijke Kunst tot het einde der Middeleeuwen - Art chrétien jusqu'à la fin du Moyen Age, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis-Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1964, no. 290.
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].


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