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Front

Group

Front (closed)

Front

Front, detail

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

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Fécamp, Palais Bénédictine

Inv. A-1-b03

Bone;wood (frame)

Height: 540mm
Width: 350mm (centre); 150mm (wings)
Depth: 50mm (centre); 20mm (wings)

Wing, left
Register 1: medallion enclosing a quatrefoil with the head of queen Isabella of Castile and the king Ferdinand of Aragon.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostle asleep.
Register 3: Nativity.
Centre panel
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; two angels holding scrolls.
Register 2: Annunciation. Annunciation to Joseph of the birth of Christ (Joseph's dream).Niches with apostles or saints; Flamboyant canopies; pinnacles.
Wing, right
Register 1: medallion enclosing a quatrefoil with the head of king Ferdinand of Aragon.
Register 2: Blessing of the apostles; tree.Register 3: Adoration of the Magi.
Flamboyant gothic architecture; tracery; foliated decoration; coats of arms of Castille and Aragon. Foliated border (vine scrolls; grapes).

Museum's opinion 2013: Spanish, late 19th or early 20th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold and blue.

Reverse
Hidden by the wooden frame.

Provenance
For comparison, see: A. Goldschmidt, 'Pseudo-Gothic Spanish Ivory Triptychs of the Nineteenth Century', in The Journal of the Walters At Gallery, 1943, pp. 49-59.

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