Gothic Ivories Project | Triptych, 2 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Triptych, 2 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Triptych, 2 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 208mm
Width: 165mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: swooning Virgin supported by the Holy Women.
Register 2: Adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).
Centre panel
Register 1: Crucifixion; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; two angels crying; cruciform halo.
Register 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding navettes and holding censers; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Wing, right
Register 1: saint John the Evangelist and onlookers.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Brickwork. Pointed trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two sets of hinges on either side.

Provenance
Collection of Adolph Moritz List (b. 1861, d. 1938), Magdeburg: his sale, Hans W. Langue (auctioneer), Berlin, 28-30 March 1939, lot 168. Collection of Thomas F. Flannery, Jr.: sale, London, 1-2 December 1983.

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