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

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 130 mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; two angels crowning the Virgin.
Two angels holding navettes and swinging censers in the spandrels. Beaded border.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: blue (possibly later).

Provenance
Collection of Baron Popper Artberg, Vienna. Thomas Flannery collection, Winnetka, Illinois: sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1983, lot 53.


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