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Panels forming a diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front, left)

Panels forming a diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front, left)
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Front

Front, right

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 86mm
Width: 39mm (each)

Panel 1
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); angel crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Panel 2
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Stemmed flowers or branches in the spandrels (rosettes).


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Provenance
Oppler collection: his sale, Berlin, 25 February 1913, lot 122.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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