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Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (coffret) (Back)
Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (coffret) (Back)
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Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts

37.48

Bone

Height: 95mm
Width: 60mm

Doubting Thomas (the incredulity of saint Thomas).
Brickwork. Crosshatched background. Pinnacles.

Randall 1993: Flemish, 1430-1460.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: halos, architectural details, hair (black), grass (green), hems (gold).

Provenance
Collection of Achillito Chiesa, Milan & New York: his sale, American Art Association, New York, 16-17 April 1926 (Part III), lot 323. Collection of Lillian Henkel Haass, Detroit (Michigan): given by her to the Institute in 1937.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 165.


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