Gothic Ivories Project | Triptych, 4 registers (Front)

Triptych, 4 registers (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Bone;wood (frame);metal (hinges);intasia

Wing, left
Register 1: angel.
Register 2: medallions enclosing male figures in bust.
Register 3: unidentified male standing saints.
Register 4: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane).
Centre panel
Register 1: angels holding a coat of arms.
Register 2: medallions enclosing male figures in bust.
Register 3: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist. Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body).
Register 4: Flagellation with onlookers. Carrying of the Cross.
Wing, right
Register 1: angel.
Register 2: medallions enclosing male figures in bust.
Register 3: unidentified male standing saints.
Register 4: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).
Tracery; foliated decoration

Goldschmidt 1943: Spain, late 19th century; attributed to Francisco Pallas y Puig.

Attribution
Francisco Pallas y Puig (b. 1859, d. 1926), of Valencia (Goldschmidt 1943)

Provenance
On the art market, New York, in 1931.

Bibliography
A. Goldschmidt, 'Pseudo-Gothic Spanish ivory triptychs of the nineteenth century', in The Journal of the Walters Gallery, VI (1943), pp. 49-59, fig. 4.

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