Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly fragment of a casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

Panel (possibly fragment of a casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

Panel (possibly fragment of a casket), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

Links

Subject
Secular. Nine Worthies.

Repository Institution
musee.antoine.lecuyer@wanadoo.fr

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Saint-Quentin, Musée Antoine Lécuyer

L 280 (lost)

Ivory

Height: 64mm
Width: 45mm
Depth: 3mm

Charlemagne in armour with imperial crown; banner; shield with eagle and fleur-de-lys.
Crosshatched background.

Troyes 2011: Flemish (?), 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Hole in each corner.

Comments
Probably from a series featuring the Nine Worthies. Two other panels from this series once were in the Musée Antoine Lécuyer collection: L 281 (still in the collection) and L 282 (now lost).

Provenance
Maybe part of the bequest made by Félix and Josias Le Sérurier in 1883 (museum archives disappeared in 1917).

Bibliography
Chrétien de Troyes et la Légende du roi Arthur, exhibition catalogue, Troyes, Médiathèque du Grand Troyes, 14 March-30 June 2011, p. 48 (C. Yvard).

Image

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