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Triptych, 2 and 3 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Triptych, 2 and 3 registers, with arches (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.151

Bone;wood;metal (hinges)

Height: 549 mm
Width: 600 mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: angel holding a coat of arms of León.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple.
Register 3: unidentified scene of martyrdom.
Centre panel
Register 1: God the Father making a blessing gesture. Ascension scene (?); apostles; angels.
Register 2: Feeding of the Five Thousand (?).
Register 3: unidentified martyred saint carried by two angels. Unidentified scene.
Wing, right
Register 1: angel holding a coat of arms of Aragon.
Register 2: Annunciation.
Register 3: Joshua and Caleb bearing the grapes.
Flamboyant gothic architecture; tracery; foliated decoration.

Goldschmidt 1943: Spain, late 19th century.


Attribution
Francisco Pallas y Puig (b. 1859, d. 1926), of Valencia (Goldschmidt 1943)

Hinges
Two sets of metal hinges

Provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters.

Bibliography
A. Goldschmidt, 'Pseudo-Gothic Spanish ivory triptychs of the nineteenth century', in The Journal of the Walters Gallery, VI (1943), pp. 49-59.
G. Toscano, ‘Un triptyque de Francisco Pallas y Puig (1859-1926): un faux ou une création de style néogothique?' in Les Cahiers d'Histoire de l'Art 6 (2008), pp. 112-121.


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