Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (part of a diptych), 2 registers (Detail, front)

Wing, right (part of a diptych), 2 registers (Detail, front)

Wing, right (part of a diptych), 2 registers (Detail, front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

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Rheims, Palais du Tau

Inv. TAU1905000109

Ivory

Height: 150mm
Width: 90 mm
Depth: 9 mm

Register 1: Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; saint John the Evangelist; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter.

Koechlin Number: 0236

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Two small central holes in the upper part of the panel.

Comments
The left wing of this diptych is also in Rheims, Inv. TAU1986000110 (see related objects)

Provenance
Entered the Treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Rheims between 1840 and 1850 (acquired in the region).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 151; II, no. 236; III, pl. LXII.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].

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