Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled centre panel (fragment of a diptych or polyptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled centre panel (fragment of a diptych or polyptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled centre panel (fragment of a diptych or polyptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 265mm
Width: 96mm
Depth: 9mm

Standing Virgin and Child; two angels crowning the Virgin; Christ Child seated on left arm; head of God the Father in the gable; two angels holding a cloth of honour.

Koechlin Number: 0985B

Koechlin 1924: Italy, 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
The lower left corner is broken and was glued back into place.

Provenance
Collection of Mrs Louis Stern, Paris (in 1924). Private collection, London: bought, Sotheby's, New York, 8 June 2007, lot 405.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 349; III, no. 985B, pl. CLXXIV.

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