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

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

Detail, back

Subject
Religious.

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Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

KK 871

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 75mm
Width: 54mm
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; rugged cross.

Museum's opinion 2012: French (?), 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Remains of two metal hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscribed with an incised geometrical mark below a large stain. Inscriptions: 'S.K. N. 87', '16', '14'.

Object Condition
Cracked.

Comments
Inscription on the front: 'VI2'.

Provenance
Collection of Hugo Garthe (d. 1876), Cologne; collection of Dr Peter Wings, Aachen; his bequest to the Museum in 1893.

Bibliography
Kunstschätze aus Meißen zurückgekehrt, exhibition catalogue, Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, 1961, no. 294.


Image

© Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen. Photography: Anne Gold.

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