Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Carpentras, Bibliothèque Inguimbertine

864.1.2

Ivory

Height: 65mm
Width: 46mm

Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel; seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's right knee; crown; saint Michael and the devil (dragon); spear.

Museum's opinion 2012: Italy (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (hair), red (dragon's mouth), green (Virgin's dress), blue (spandrels, Virgin's dress).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Rounded edges.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel (chipped around these holes); hole in the left corners; two holes along the right side.

Provenance
Collection of Paul Rosty: donated by him on 1 February 1864.

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