Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Infancy. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 95mm
Width: 115mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation.
Register 2: Entry into Jerusalem. Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Christ feeding Judas across the table.
Wing, right
Register 1: Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane). Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.

Koechlin Number: 0371bis

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two ring hinges.

Provenance
Junck collection: his sale, Bremen (?), 17-18 March 1903, lot 45; Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917 (Inv. 17.190.188); de-accessioned.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 187, 294; II, no. 371bis.

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