Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Bottom)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Bottom)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Bottom)

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Fécamp, Palais Bénédictine

Inv. A-1-b01'

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 91mm
Width: 105-107mm (open)
Depth: 8mm

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2013: French (Ile de France), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two later hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Slightly chamfered on the inner side of each wing. Blue and white labels with inscriptions: '972' and '53'.

Provenance
In the collection assembled by Alexandre Le Grand for the museum by 1888. Described in a pre-1888 handwritten inventory kept at the museum as: 'Petit diptyque en ivoire: la Ste Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus et le Christ en croix. XIIIe siècle.' (p. 7).

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