Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. D670

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 98mm
Width: 135mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Nativity (Virgo lactans) and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; angel holding a scroll; sheep.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus with spear in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket.

Koechlin Number: 0453

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Liebgott 1985: France (Paris), end of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, end of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Right wing border broken around the lower hinge.

Provenance
Gift of Miss Rosen in 1871.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 211, 221; II, no. 453.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), pp. 61-62, fig. 56.

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