Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; Dove of the Holy Spirit.
Wing, right
Register 1: Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene).
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Beaded border.

Koechlin 1912 and 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: German, 14th century or 19th century (?).

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Smooth and flat. Typed label detailing provenance.

Object Condition
Hole at the top of each wing, probably for suspension. Chips to the background of the Annunciation to the Shepherds scene.

Provenance
Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris (according to Koechlin 1924, Homberg acquired the two wings separately): sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11-16 May 1908, lot 482 (ill. p. 68) (purchased by Paulme). Emile Baboin collection, Lyon (no. 15) (in 1924). Collection of Raphael Stora. Collection of Elin Mitchel, New York City (August 1984). Collection of Beatrice M. Haggerty: gift of Mrs. Beatrice M. Haggerty to LUMA.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Ivoires gothiques: Collection Emile Baboin (Lyon, 1912), no. 15.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 175, II, no. 294.

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