Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; two angels crowning the Virgin; Christ holding a fruit.
Kneeling angels swinging censers in the spandrels.
Five-lobed arch.
Randall 1985 and Walters Art Museum 2010 (right wing): 3rd quarter of the 14th century, German or Mosan.
Institution's opinion 2015 (Brigitte Roux): French, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Trace of later metal fittings now lost.
Object Condition
Three later holes in the centre to the left, probably giving evidence of a lost clasp which would have held the diptych closed. Further later holes in each corner. All these holes probably secured later metal fittings, the trace of which is visible on the back.
Comments
The right wing is now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Inv. 71.102). See related object.
Provenance
Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus Würzburg; Berlin, Grisebach, 30 May 2013, lot 253; purchased by the Foundation in 2013.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 306 (right wing only).
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