Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)

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

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory;metal (later frame)

Height: 204mm
Width: 194mm (open)
Depth: 11-12mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angel with hands clasped and angel crying.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding bagpipes.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; angel crowning the Virgin; Christ making a blessing gesture.

Koechlin Number: 0785

Koechlin 1924: French, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Gillot (said to have been mentioned in his records in November 1897; no. 96 or no. 100 in his inventory dated 11 April 1903). Private collection, London (bought from Christie's, Paris, 4 March 2008, lot 253).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 280-282; II, no. 785.

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