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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Antwerp, MAS|Collection Vleeshuis

AV.1952.008.036

Ivory

Height: 98mm
Width: 55mm
Depth: 8mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), 2nd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: on the left.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Vertical crack to the right side of the panel. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Collection of Prosper Michaux: his bequest in 1952.

Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].


Image

Collection MAS, Antwerp. Museums and Heritage Antwerp © Bart Huysmans and Michel Wuyts.

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