Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar. Deposition; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Koechlin 1906: France, 1st half of 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris), c. 1300-1310.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Ink inscription: 'JMV. II.22'.
Object Condition
Missing: lower left corner.
Comments
This scene once was the upper or lower register of the right wing of a diptych with three registers. Hole on the left side where the hinge once was. It may have come from the same diptych as another fragment now in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, Inv. Circ.1018-1925 (see Williamson and Davies 2014). See related objects.
Provenance
Collection of Michel Boy, Paris: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13-14 May 1905, lot 262. Collection of Victor Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (before 1900). Collection of Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot and heirs: sale, Christie's, Paris, Wednesday 16 November 2011, lot 4.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 22, pl. XIII.
R. Koechlin, 'Les Diptyques à décor de roses', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1918), p. 237.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 156; II, no. 257; III, pl. LXVIII.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 78.
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