Gothic Ivories Project | Quadriptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Quadriptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Quadriptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 157

Ivory

Height: 68mm
Width: 40 mm (each)
Depth: 3 mm

Wing 1: Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd playing the shawm.
Wing 2: Nativity; swaddled Christ; angel holding a scroll.
Wing 3: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Wing 4: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).

Museum's opinion 2013: Middle Rhineland, early 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Three sets of two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some parallel hatching in the lower part of several of the panels.

Object Condition
The outer panels are broken vertically in two pieces which have been glued back together.
Missing: part of the tomb in the right hand side panel. Holes, possibly for earlier sets of hinges.

Provenance
Sale, M. Lempertz, Cologne, 5-8 December 1931, lot 511, pl. 1.

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