Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; décor de roses) (Front)

View other images of this object

Back

Links

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
thewalters.org

To purchase an image
thewalters.org

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.212

Ivory

Height: 153mm
Width: 81mm

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels swinging censers; two angels holding a cloth of honour.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist and the Holy Women; man holding a scroll; soldiers in coat of mail; soldier with a heart-shaped shield with a face.
Pointed trefoils inthe spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2010: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered outer edges. Label "137".

Provenance
Bought in 1899 from Harding in London; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Image

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.