Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (Front)

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Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University, Harvard Art Museum

1946.56

Ivory;silver (modern hook);metal (modern hinges and original catch).

Height: 217mm
Width: 61mm (each)
Depth: 16mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Nativity (Virgo Lactans) and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Christ in Glory with Resurrection of the Dead; angels holding Instruments of the Passion; Virgin and saint John the Evangelist kneeling.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils.

Randall 1993: Mosan, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Museum online catalogue 2009: French (Ile-de-France), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Object Condition
Broken where the hook is attached (repaired).

Provenance
Bought by the Art Museum from the Brummer gallery, New York, in 1946.

Bibliography
G. Swarzenski, 'A Gothic Ivory Diptych', in Fogg Art Museum Bulletin X.6 (December 1947), pp. 179-184 (ill. on p. 180).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 58 (ill. on p. 68).

Image

Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Credit line: Harvard Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Gift in memory of Rosalind Gray Potter from a group of friends, 1946.56.

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