Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Virgin with hands clasped.

Schenkluhn 1987 and Museum's opinion 2012: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Remains of two hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Inscription: 'X-16498'(former inventory number).

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Vertical crack: the panel seems to have broken into two pieces which have been glued back together.

Provenance
In the old inventory.

Bibliography
Städtische Galerie zu Frankfurt am Main. Skulpturensammlung im Liebieghaus. Kurzes Verzeichnis der Bildwerke (Frankfurt am Main, 1930), p. 126, no. X 16498.
W. Schenkluhn, Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. I: Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Melsungen, 1987), no. 38, pp. 77-78.

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