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Gabled triptych (tabernacle) (Front)

Gabled triptych (tabernacle) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

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Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

KK 119

Ivory

Height: 242mm
Width: 195mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; vase of lilies.
Register 2: Adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).
Centre panel
Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; angel crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Register 1: Visitation.
Register 2: Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.


Koechlin Number: 0125

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Vienna 1964: France, 1st third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: France, 1st third of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: green (wing; ground; decorative patterns on garments), red (lips), black (eyes), gold (architectural details; hair; crowns; along the hems; decorative patterns on garments).

Reverse
Flat and smooth; pierced with three holes in a line in the upper part of the centre panel; one hole placed slightly lower.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the central gable.

Provenance
Collection of J. D. Böhm; acquired in 1855.

Bibliography
H. Semper, 'Über eine besondere Gruppe elfenbeinerner Klappaltärchen des XIV Jahrhunderts', in Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst 11 (1898), p. 141.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 123; II, no. 125; III, pl. XXXVI.
Katalog der Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe (Vienna, 1964), I. Mittelalter, no. 8, fig. 25.
E. Merlini, 'I Trittici portatili della 'Bottega degli Embriachi'', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 33 (1991), pp. 47-62 (p. 53).
Gipsmodell und Fotografie im Dienste der Kunstgeschichte: 1850-1900, ed. by S. Weber-Unger (Vienna, 2011), pp. 64, 95, fig. 137.


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