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Panel (probably wing, left; fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back, detail)

Panel (probably wing, left; fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back, detail)
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Back, detail

Back, detail

Front

Back

Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Vermeil (frame);ivory

Height: 85 mm
Width: 55 mm

Front:
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Pinnacles.
Reverse:
Painted Resurrection; blessing gesture; angels standing on the tomb; angels holding instruments of the Passion (spear; cross); tomb decorated with medallions and arch.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (?).

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy on the reverse: gold, red, brown, black, blue or green.
Painted Resurrection; blessing gesture; angels standing on the tomb; angels holding instruments of the Passion (spear; cross); tomb decorated with medallions and arch.

Reverse
Flat and smooth; painted with a Resurrection scene.
Resurrection; blessing gesture; angels standing on the tomb; angels holding instruments of the Passion (spear; cross); tomb decorated with medallions and arch.

Object Condition
Long vertical crack to the right of Virgin.
Missing: candles.

Provenance
Sotheby's, Paris, 17 June 2015, lot 161.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby's.

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