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Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front, detail)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front, detail)
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Front, detail

Front, detail

Wing, left

Wing, right

Front

Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 133mm
Width: 140mm (open)
Depth: 7mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi; attendant with horses.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation. Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross. Noli me tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene).
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Border of dentils. Tiled roof.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1950, lot 28. Dormeuil collection, Paris: Dormeuil sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 19 November 2007, lot 15.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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