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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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 162mm
Width: 230mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Wing, right
Crucifixion, with jet of blood or spear striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angels holding the sun and the moon; rugged cross; titulus.
Pinnacles; incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Missing: part of the jet of blood; candles in the left panel. The right panel has broken into several pieces which have been glued back together.

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 7 July 1999, lot 16.

Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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