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Panel, 2 registers, 1 arch across (fragment of a triptych or polyptych) (Front)
Panel, 2 registers, 1 arch across (fragment of a triptych or polyptych) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 157mm
Width: 90mm
Depth: 12mm

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two kneeling angels.
Register 2: seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: green (spandrels), red (lining of the Virgin's cloak; angel's wings).

Reverse
Horizontal hole at the back for a closing device.

Object Condition
Missing: hands of the angels in the Coronation scene; part of the crown; left arm of the crowning angel; hands of the angel on the right in the lower scene.

Comments
There is a c. 1cm deep rectangular opening at the top of the frame.

Provenance
Collection of Ernest Brummer (bought in June 1958 from H. Harris, 9 Bedford st., London): his sale, Galerie Koller and Spink and Son, Zürich, 16-19 October 1979, lot 79.


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