Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Wing, left)

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Front

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 100mm
Width: 160mm (open)

Wing, left
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Provenance
Collection of Herrmann Sax, Vienna: Sax sale, Vienna, Miethke, 4 December 1893, lot 120, with ill.

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