Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29114

Ivory

Height: 69.5mm
Width: 48.5mm
Depth: 8.7mm
Weight: 32g

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Musem's opinion 2008: French, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered on the inner side of the wing.

Object Condition
Two holes along the outer edge.

Provenance
Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired from Christie's, London, December 15, 1975, lot 53 (no catalogue) through Hermann Baer, London; since 2008 The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

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