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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Beaune, Hospices civils de Beaune

87 GHD 868

Ivory

Height: 84mm
Width: 51mm
Depth: 5mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge Glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of one missing hinge on the right side. The panel has broken off where the lower hinge once was.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Dark stains.

Object Condition
Missing: lower corners. Two central plugged holes in the upper part of the panel. Plugged hole in the Virgin's robe. Worn.

Provenance
Collection of Albert Humbert, Dijon architect: his bequest in 1892.

Bibliography
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].


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