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

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Metal (later hinges);ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 100mm (open)

Wing, left
Saint Clare holding a pyxis; standing Virgin and Child; saint Catherine of Alexandria with sword and wheel; saint Catherine of Alexandria trampling emperor Maxentius.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 1992, lot 34.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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