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Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, 1 full and 1 half arch across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, 1 full and 1 half arch across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 163 mm
Width: 62 mm

Unidentified standing saint holding a book.

Providence 1977: Italy, 1st half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the arch.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Ruth Blumka, New York. Collection of Mr. and Mrs Jacques Polain, Belgium.

Bibliography
Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic art in Europe, 1270 to 1330, ed. by D. Gillerman, exhibition catalogue, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, 1977, no. 22.


Image

© Neil Stratford British Museum Archive.

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