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

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.184

Ivory;brass (later hinges and hook)

Height: 96mm
Width: 59mm

Wing, left
Saint Catherine of Alexandria; standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ seated on the Virgin's left arm; crowned Virgin; saint John the Baptist.
Wing, right
Crucifixion. Virgin and one of the Holy Women. Saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Museum's opinion 2010: French, 14th century or 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Modern brass hinges with catch and hook. Cavities for the original plate-hinges have been filled with ivory and coloured plaster; traces of the original silver catch. (information from old Walters files)

Provenance
Bought by Henry Walters in 1914 from Léon Gruel in Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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