Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across (Front)

Gabled diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across (Front)

Gabled diptych, 1 register, 2 arches across (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
www.museenkoeln.de

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 145

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 183mm
Width: 78mm
Depth: 12mm

Wing, left
Tonsured male figure kneeling in donor position; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei). Virgin and Child in the gable.
Wing, right
Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene; spade; banner.
God the Father blessing and holding a book in the gable.

Chestnut Hill 2000: France, 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Missing: part of the foliated decoration at the top of the left wing.

Provenance
Donation of Tony Issa-Churchill in June 1982.

Bibliography
N. Netzer, V. Reinburg, Fragmented Devotion: Medieval Objects from the Schnutgen Museum in Cologne, exhibition catalogue, Chestnut Hill, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, 2000, no. 44, fig. on p. 153.

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