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Writing tablets, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablettes à écrire); reused as a diptych (Tablet 2)

Writing tablets, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablettes à écrire); reused as a diptych (Tablet 2)
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Front

Tablet 1

Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinge)

Height: 105mm
Width: 121mm (open)

Tablet 1
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Tablet 2
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity; swaddled Christ; shepherd with a musical instrument (trumpet).
Border of dentils.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Long modern hinge.

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Provenance
Collection of Henry Oppenheimer: his sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1936, lot 182.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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