Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Private collection, London (in 2015)

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Metal (remains of hinges);ivory

Height: 158 mm
Width: 158 mm
Depth: 10 mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar.
Register 2: Adoring magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi, continued on the right wing).
Wing, right
Register 1: Deposition; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist holding Christ's arms; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Register 2: standing Virgin and child (part of the Adoration of the Magi; Vierge glorieuse); crown; Virgin holding a flower; blessing gesture; two angels holding candlesticks.

Koechlin Number: 0296

Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 2nd third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two broken hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Collection of Louis Legrand, Paris (c. 1924). Alain Moatti, Paris, in 2005. Sam Fogg, London, in 2006. Private collection, London (in 2015).

Bibliography
Exposition rétrospective de l'Art français, Paris, 1900. Exhibited but not in the catalogue.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 175, II, no. 296.

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