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Diptych, 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, with quatrefoils (quatre-feuilles) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Metal (hinges);ivory

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; standing Virgin holding a book.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Register 1: Nativity with Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Register 2: Crucifixion, with jet of blood striking the Virgin's chest; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker; sun and moon.

Lázaro Galdiano 1927: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of J. Lázaro Galdiano, at least until 1927.

Bibliography
J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro (Madrid, 1927), II, p. 66, no. 526.


Image

Out of Copyright. From J. Lázaro Galdiano, La Colección Lázaro, vol. II (Madrid, 1927).

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