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

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 92mm
Width: 52mm

Virgin Annunciate; Virgin kneeling in prayer at a prie-Dieu; dove of the Holy Spirit; lilies (part of an Annunciation scene).
Foliated decoration in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on the left side (seems to be a later modification).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered outer edges.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Damaged around the hinges.

Comments
The hinges encroach on the design and seem to be a later addition.

Provenance
On the art market in Belgium, June 2012.

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