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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Front

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Subject
Religious.

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Troyes, Cathedral Treasury

Inv. 53

Ivory;copper (later handle)

Height: 80mm
Width: 65mm

Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Crosshatched background.

Palissy (2012): 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: blue (background), red (Virgin's cloak).

Reverse
Curved and smooth.
The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. It has been replaced with a later bent metal handle.

Provenance
From the church of Villemaur-sur-Vanne (Aube).

Bibliography
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2012].

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