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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers (Front)
Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers (Front)
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Religious. Passion.

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Rome, Vatican, Musei Vaticani

Inv. 64653 (Morey A95)

Ivory

Height: 111mm
Width: 61mm
Depth: 10mm
Weight: 58.8g

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Flagellation.

Morey 1936: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (one is not readily apparent as the whole upper right corner has broken away).

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding: foliated motifs on all sides. Traces of red.

Object Condition
Missing: upper right corner.
Borders chipped. Some breaks in the figures.

Provenance
Collection of Francesco Vettori (b. 1692, d. 1770), Prefect and curator of the Sacred Museum of the Vatican Library from 1757.

Bibliography
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), II, no. 41, pl. X.
C. R. Morey, Gli oggetti di avorio e di osso del Museo Vaticano (Vatican City, 1936), p. 82, no. A95, pl. XXIV.


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