Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych) 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych) 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych) 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Passion.

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Ivory

Register 1: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table. Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostles asleep; trees.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Border of dentils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Demotte collection, early 20th century.

Image

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