Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Infancy of Christ.

Private collection, London (in 2015)

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Ivory

Height: 141 mm
Width: 170 mm (open)
Depth: 6 mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas; Arrest of Christ); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist. Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb; tomb decorated with dentils and diamond patterns.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 10 November 2005, lot 152. Kunstzalen A. Vecht, Netherlands, 2006. Private collection, London (in 2015).

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