Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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

29113

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 134.1mm
Width: 90.3 (closed); 180mm (open)
Depth: 9.7mm
Weight: 261g

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi; angel holding a star.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Sun and Moon.
Medallions enclosing trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2008: France, 1375-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat. Some crosshatching.
Label with inscription: 'Henry Bohm Esq.'
Pasted sale catalogue entry: lot 70A.

Provenance
Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired from Maria Baer, London, June 1977; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

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