Gothic Ivories Project | Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (baiser de paix; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (baiser de paix; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (baiser de paix; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Front

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. ABM bi764

Ivory;copper (later mount)

Height: 85mm; 130mm (with frame)
Width: 62mm; 80mm (with frame)
Weight: 49g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; one of the Holy Women; onlooker holding a scroll; rugged cross.
Crosshatched background.

Kalf 1913: probably 15th century.
Catalogus 1962: France, c. 1400.
Koekkoek 1987: France or Germany, early 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.

Provenance
Given in 1922 to the convent by vicar G. Hilhorst from Schalkwijk.

Bibliography
J. Kalf, Catalogus der Nationale Tentoonstelling van Oude Kerkelijke Kunst te's Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, 1913), no. 704.
Catalogus Beeldhouwkunst in het Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum, Utrecht (Utrecht, 1962), no. 42.
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), no. 14.

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