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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion.


Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 174mm
Width: 106mm
Depth: 8mm

Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Register 2: Crucifixion; rugged cross; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body.
Pointed quatrefoils and pointed trefoils.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Slightly curved (convex) and smooth.

Object Condition
Missing: lower right corner (repaired with a separate piece of ivory).
Diagonal scoring on the long edges. Thre holes in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Collecting Treasures of the Past. The Kofler-Truniger Collection and Other Important Early Works of Art, Blumka Gallery, 26 January-11 February 2000, no. 7; Private collection, London (bought from Blumka, New York, 26 January 2004).


Image

© Private Collection, London.
Digital photograph

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