Attribution
Possibly from the same workshop as a diptych in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (521-1893) (Randall 1993).

Hinges
Two hinges. One hinge broken.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold (decorated background where only the bole remains; along the hems; pattern on the cloth of honour; book clasps; hair; clouds), green (cloth of honour), black (throne; eye pupils), red (books; cross of Christ's halo; lining of the kings' robes; moulding) and blue (garments).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Round custom stamp with inscription on the back of the right wing: 'DOGANA DI FIRENZE. 17 AGO. 12 [17 August 1912]'.

Object Condition
Right wing broken around the lower hinge. Small chip at the upper left corner of the right wing.

Provenance
Henry Walters collection, Baltimore: sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 1 May 1941, lot 1048. Collection of Judge Irwin Untermeyer, New York: given by him in 1961.

Bibliography
The Queens College Art Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, Queens College, 1961, no. 349.
A Selection from the Queens College Art Collection, New York, Queens College, 1979, no. 30.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 54.
Goddess, Worker, Mother, Symbol: Images of Women in World Art, exhibition catalogue, New York, Queens College, 1994, no. 19.
Mary at the 3rd Millennium, exhibition catalogue, Washington, DC, Hillwood Arts Museum, 2000.
Director's Choice, Part I, exhibition catalogue, New York, Queens College, 2002.