Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left
Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm.
Register 2: Christ washing the feet of the apostles.
Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; soldier with heart-shaped shield.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two later hinges.

Object Condition
Holes and recess in the middle of the outer border of each panel presumably to attach a metal clasp which would have kept the diptych closed.

Provenance
Originally in the Schlesisches Museum für Kunstgewerbe und Altertümer, Breslau (Wrocław); brought to the National Museum in Warsaw in 1945.

Bibliography
F. Heinelt, Elfenbein-Diptichen aus der Neisser gegend 14. Jahrhundert', in Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift II (1875), pp. 121-125.
P. Ratkowska, 'Un petit autel du groupe des diptyques de la Passion au Musée National de Varsovie, XVII-3 (1976), pp. 77-82.

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