Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges);wood (later frame)

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Annunciation; Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Harrowing of Hell; Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene).
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; Entry into Jerusalem.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Agath (?) collection, Breslau. Sold, Berlin, 22 November 1906. Collection of Emile Lévy: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14 December 1928, lot 10. Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1956, lot 67. Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1974, lot 12.

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