Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum

M.18-1917

Ivory

Height: 120mm
Width: 72mm
Depth: 5mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angel crying and angel with hands clasped.
Pinnacles.

Museum's opinion 2011: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Traces of glue. Labels detailing the provenance.

Object Condition
Vertical crack along the left side. Stained. Groove along the upper edge, filled with a wooden piece.

Comments
Groove along the upper edge, filled with a wooden piece.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Fairfax-Murray (b. 1849, d. 1919): his gift to the Museum in 1917.

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