Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Maurice 1983 and Museum's opinion 2011: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (?): green (spandrels and background).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Repairs around the hinges. Hole in each upper corner. Hole in the upper border in each of the wings. All holes are certainly post-medieval. Crack to the right of Christ's body.
Comments
According to B. Maurice, these were two panels which were later hinged to form a diptych (Maurice, 1983).
Provenance
Collection of Anthelme and Edma Trimolet: Trimolet bequest, 1878.
Bibliography
E. Gleize, Catalogue descriptif des objets d'art formant le musée Anthelme et Edma Trimolet (Dijon, 1883), no. 335.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 212; II, no. 455.
La Musique dans l'art ancien au musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, exhibition catalogue, Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1965, no. 91.
B. Maurice, Quelques recherches sur les ivoires du musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, unpublished Mémoire de maîtrise de l'Université de Dijon, 1983, no. 15.
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