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Diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)
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Wing, left

Wing, right

Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinge)

Wing, left
Register 1: Flagellation.
Register 2: Martyrdom of saint Stephen (Stoning of saint Stephen).
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Martyrdom of saint Thomas Becket; soldiers in armour; cross; swords; altar.
Praying angels in the spandrels.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
One hinge.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Gay (b. 1820, d. 1887); collection of Mrs V. Gay: sale, Paris, 23 March 1909, lot 77.


Image

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