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Gabled pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Gabled pax (baiser de paix) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Antwerp, Capuchin Archive

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Ivory;wood (later handle)

Height: 111mm
Width: 82mm
Depth: 48mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); naked Christ; two standing angels holding pieces of cloth.
Pilasters.

Bruges 2010: North-east France and Flanders, 1st half of the 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Trace of gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Concave. With handle.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the border; original ivory handle (replaced with a wooden one).

Provenance
Capuchin Convent, Sint Klarastraat, Bruges (founded in 1592); demolition of the convent in 1970: moved to Antwerp.

Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, pp. 18-19.
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, pp. 18-19.


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