Gothic Ivories Project | Panels (fragments of a diptych), 2 registers, 9 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; shield with a flower; lantern. Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist kneeling; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; sword.
Register 2: Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass; tree. Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Wing, right
Register 1: Last Judgement with Resurrection of the Dead (Christ in Glory); angels holding Instruments of the Passion (cross; crown of thorns; spear; nails); Virgin Mary and saint John the Baptist kneeling; angels blowing trumpets.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane); apostles asleep; trees.
Beaded border; twisted columns; pinnacles; pointed trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Missing: left side of the right wing (cut after 1892).

Comments
These panels were originally part of a diptych, with each wing on two registers, and with six arches across.
At some point after 1892 (see provenance), the right wing was cut and the scenes of the Resurrection on register 1 and the Washing of the feet on register 2 disappeared.

Provenance
Collection of Karl Ludwig Maria Fürst Fugger von Babenhausen, Fuggerhaus, Augsburg (before 1892). Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2012, lot 34.

Bibliography
F. Höfle, Museum Fugerrianum. 50 Tableaux der in dem Besitze Seiner Durchlaucht des Fürsten Karl Ludwig Maria Fugger-Babenhausen sich befindenden Schätze. Alterthümer, Kostbarkeiten und kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände, so in dem altberümten Fuggerhaus in Augsburg aufbewahrt sind (Augsburg, 1892).

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