Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 125mm
Width: 100mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Three Holy Women at the Tomb, with angel seated on the tomb and three soldiers asleep.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Beaded border.

Koechlin Number: 0385

Koechlin 1906 and Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (at least from 1906 to 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 29, pl. XVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 191; II, no. 385.

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