Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 120mm
Width: 65mm

Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Beaded border.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Robert von Hirsch collection: his sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1978, lot 284.

Image

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