Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Fondation Gandur pour l'Art (Switzerland)

FGA-AD-BA-41

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 130 mm
Width: 158 mm (open)
Depth: 7 mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon; rugged cross.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; sheep.
Wing, right
Register 1: Resurrection; two standing angels.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels; border of dentils.

Institution's opinion 2015 (Brigitte Roux): Flemish or French, c. 1350-1375.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer outer edges slightly chamfered.

Provenance
Private collection, Lucerne; private collection in Zürich by inheritance; purchased by the Gandur Foundation from Beurret and Bailly, Basel, 18 June 2011, lot 4.

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