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

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

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

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Religious. Passion.

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Auxerre, Treasury of Saint-Etienne cathedral

Inv. 53

Ivory;steel (hinges)

Height: 111mm
Width: 120mm (open)

Wing, left
Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Holy woman raising her hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angel holding the sun and the moon.
Incised trefoil in the gables. Angels swinging censers in the spandrels.

Inventaire 1892: Flemish, probably 19th century in 14th century style.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges chamfered.

Object Condition
Lower right corner chipped (when viewed from the back).

Provenance
In the Treasury of the Cathedral by 1892.

Bibliography
M. Bonneau, M. Monceaux, M. F. Molard, Inventaire du trésor de la cathédrale d'Auxerre (Auxerre, 1892), no. 53.

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