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

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 140mm
Width: 86mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

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

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: architectural details.

Object Condition
Holes in both upper corners.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1932, lot 59. On the art market (Jan Dirven), Antwerp in 1990.

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