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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)
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Utrecht, Catharijneconvent

Inv. ABM bi759

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges).

Height: 148mm
Width: 96mm
Depth: 9mm
Weight: 185g

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils.

Utrecht 1945-1946: France, 14th century.
Catalogus 1962: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koekkoek 1987: France (?), 3rd quarter of the 14th century (?).
Detroit 1997: Cologne, mid-14th century
Museum's opinion 2011: Cologne, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Pierced by a hole.

Object Condition
Left and lower left corner chipped.

Provenance
Given before 1911 to the convent by Mgr. G. W. van Heukelum.

Bibliography
Middeleeuwsche kunst uit eigen en particulier bezit, exhibition catalogue, Utrecht, Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum, 21 December 1945-20 January 1946, no. 57.
Catalogus Beeldhouwkunst in het Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum, Utrecht (Utrecht, 1962), no. 36.
R. Koekkoek, Gotische ivoren in het Catharijneconvent (Utrecht, 1987), no. 6.
Images in Ivory. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, ed. by Peter Barnet, exhibition catalogue, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1997, pp. 81-82, 200-201.


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