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Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 165mm
Width: 100 mm (each)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; Christ touching with his right hand the Virgin's chin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.


Koechlin Number: 0533

Koechlin 1924: German (?), mid 14th century.


Attribution
Master of the Berlin Triptych (Berlin Master)(Gaborit-Chopin)

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Unable to view.

Object Condition
Missing: left hand side candlestick.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Mège, Paris (in 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 199, 217, 220, II, no. 533; III, pl. XCIV.
"R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 199, 217, 220, II, no. 533; III, pl. XCIV."
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires du Moyen Age (Freiburg, 1978), p. 211 (in relation to Berlin, Inv. 628).
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires du Moyen Age (Freiburg, 1978), p. 211 (in relation to Berlin, Inv. 628).


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