Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 131mm
Width: 74mm
Depth: 8mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon; chalice collecting Christ's blood at the foot of the cross; angel praying and angel crying in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
The background seems to have been tinted green.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered along the inner edge.

Provenance
Adams collection. Jan Dirven collection: bought at Bonhams, London, 22 May 96, lot 93; collection of Carlo di Carlo (bought from Dirven, October 1998); private collection, London (bought from Semenzato, Florence, 11 June 2003, lot 67).

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