Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

Back of left wing

Back of right wing

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Infancy of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Schwerin, Staatliches Museum Schwerin

MK 34

Ivory;silver (hinges);leather case (18th century)

Height: 127mm
Width: 83mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding an apostle across the table (possibly Judas). Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane).
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist. Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body); Virgin anointing Christ's body.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Entry into Jerusalem.

Hegner 1983: French, late 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2009: French (?), late 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two broken hinges.

Comments
The wings have been kept in a leather case since the 18th century.

Provenance
Collection of duke Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (r. 1757-1785). Acquired by the museum in the 1870s.

Bibliography
R. Krüger, Kleine Welt in Elfenbein (Dresden, 1967), fig. 9.
K. Hegner, Katalog Mittelalterliche Kunst II. Kleinkunst. Kunsthandwerk, Staatliches Museum Schwerin (Schwerin, 1983), no. 115, fig. 5.

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